I learned American Standard Braille on a slate, which is literally a slow and painful way to learn Braille.  Getting my own brailler-style typewriter was out of the question, since I’m not even slightly visually impaired.  (They retail for $800, but the U.S. government will give you one for free if you can prove that you actually need it.)

Thus, the idea for Brailler was born out of callouses and general lack of funds.  I started the project early in 1993, but I only recently learned enough about Macintosh text editing to “do things right.”  It is meant as a tool to help sighted people learn Braille; as I acquire more experience in speech management, I hope to add more features which could help visually impaired users as well.