At Bengaluru’s Jyothi Seva Home for Blind Children, a particular second grader was once addicted to something that appeared like a gaming device. Despite getting repeatedly reprimanded from his teachers, the child would try getting his hands on the device as much as possible, even if that meant skipping his snack time. Sounds like the story of another gaming addicted boy perhaps? Yes and No. The device had been purposely allotted to the child by the school as it helped him learn Braille on his own through games and other fun activities.

The institute had tied up with some BITS Pilani Goa students a couple of years ago to use the latter’s innovation Annie- a Braille literacy device that helps visually challenged individuals learn to read, write, and type in Braille in a fun and gamified manner.

Founded by Sanskriti Dawle, Aman Srivastava, Dilip Ramesh, and Saif Shaikh, Annie is a product of Thinkerbell Labs, which was previously named Project Mudra during its inception as an independent research project at the campus in 2014.

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