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We are pleased to announce that Harpo will be participating in the 40th Annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference, scheduled to take place from March 11-14, 2025, at the Anaheim Marriott in California. You are invited to visit us at booth #509, where we will be showcasing our latest assistive technology innovations, with a special highlight on the Mountbatten Brailler Tutor. The Mountbatten Brailler Tutor is a comprehensive Braille learning center designed for children and their teachers. It offers a range … Read more

We are excited to announce that Harpo will participate in the largest international trade fair for blind and visual impaired – Sight City in Frankfurt am Main from May 15th to 17th, 2024. Explore our booth and be among the first to experience the European launch of the BraillePen24 — a super-slim Braille notetaker crafted to empower individuals with visual impairments. With its 24 Braille cells and sleek design, this cutting-edge device is set to redefine the landscape of Braille … Read more

On February 15, 2024, the list of laureates of the Competition for the Award of the Marshal of the Greater Poland Region „Wielkopolska for Planet 2030”, edition 2024, was announced. In the „Business” category, two laureates were selected. One is Harpo Ltd., which submitted an outstanding product for the competition: the Mountbatten Brailler Tutor. The competition aims to promote Wielkopolska’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and knowledge transfer to the economy, enabling substantial changes that consider pro-climate solutions … Read more

See us at CSUN 31st Annual International Technology & Persons with Disabilities Conference booth 605C as usual! March 23rd – 25th, 2016. Assistive technology can transform the lives of people with disabilities. The latest in the field of assistive technology will be the focus of the world’s largest gathering of people who develop or use assistive technology, taking place later this month in San Diego. ‪#‎CSUN‬’s 31st Annual International Technology and Persons with Disabilities Conference is dedicated to presenting and exploring … Read more

Jean Piaget has said that each time we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself. Pat Gould, a VI Teacher from British Columbia Canada, presented a paper at the Odyssey 2001 Conference, at the University of British Columbia, Canada, in which she spoke of her experiences of using the Mountbatten Brailler as follows; “the students loved to make up nonsense words and see how the MB tried to say them. Also, they liked exploring the MB … Read more

Amongst current educational philosophies, there is an acceptance that there are clear developmental stages of intellectual growth. Piaget identified 4 stages of intellectual development as being Sensorimotor – birth to 2 years Pre-operational Thought – 2 – 6 years Concrete Operations – 6-12 years Formal Operations – 12 – adulthood It is only in the latter part of the Concrete Operations stage that children start to develop the ability to think on the abstract level. If this is the case … Read more

What’s wrong with older mechanical braille writers such as the Perkins? Well, they remain one of the most outstanding writing devices of all times. However, there is a real problem if they are the only tool available for early braille learners. We simply would not accept a 50 year old device as the only writing choice available for a sighted child. There are very few products that we use today that have remained unchanged for 50 years. Those that have usually … Read more

Why Mountbatten Brailler The Mountbatten is more than a belief. Its power is proved by research: „The Bluetooth® Smart Mountbatten, in combination with one of the most popular mainstream technologies to date, serves the purpose of including learners with and without visual impairments, on both technological and social levels.” (Wiazowski, RESNA Assistive Technology, October 2014, vol. 26, no. 4) „The ease of depressing the buttons, the device’s ergonomic design, its speech reinforcement, its ability to correct errors, and the visual display on … Read more

Did you know why our Braille Whisperer is called „Mountbatten”? Here is the story:  It starts back in 1979 after the death of Earl Mountbatten of Burma (more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/…/Louis_Mountbatten,_1st_Earl_Moun…). Those, who wanted to commemorate Lord Mountbatten’s life, have established The Mountbatten Memorial Trust; one of its purposes is „grants given to assist technological research aimed at assisting disabled people throughout the world”. The engineering department at Royal National College for the Blind in Hereford applied for a grant to develop … Read more