One of the challenges that blind people experience is limited access to books. The production of printed braille books is very expensive because the price of the printer itself is around 3300 USD. After that, printed braille books are also less practical to carry around because they are thicker than ordinary books. The comparison is that 1 sheet of ordinary book can produce 3 sheets of printed braille book.

To tackle the challenges of limited access to traditional braille books, we have developed a transformative solution: replacing traditional books by displaying braille electronic books with ‘.brf’ format using the BEE Braille Nusantara system. Our goal is to make a wide range of literature and information accessible to the visually impaired community through innovative technology. By digitizing traditional books, we can overcome the limitations of physical braille books, such as their production cost and time-consuming nature. Through our advanced conversion process, we transform these books into electronic format, optimized for compatibility with the BEE Braille Nusantara system. This enables blind people to access and read their favorite books with ease.

BEE Braille Nusantara is a groundbreaking system designed to revolutionize the reading experience for the blind people. By leveraging advanced braille technology and user-friendly features, BEE Braille Nusantara offers a solution that makes electronic books accessible and enjoyable. With our system, user can access a wide range of braille-formatted books, eliminating the limitations imposed by traditional braille books. Through BEE Braille Nusantara, we provide an extensive library of electronic books stored in braille ready (.brf) format, overcoming the limitations of physical braille books. Our system streamlines the process of accessing and engaging with braille books, ensuring a seamless reading experience for visually impaired users. With BEE Braille Nusantara, we aim to empower the community by providing a cost-effective and efficient solution to the challenges of braille book production.

Features:

• Consist of 24 braille characters with 6-dot braille format.
• Read book with (.brf) format file that stored in local server.
• Login to BEE Braille Nusantara using Indonesian ID Number
• Search Book mode
• Bookmark Line (1 bookmark for each book and maximum of 10 bookmark each user)
• Included mouse and keyboard for login and search book
• Website for book management (add, edit, or remove book) and user registration
• Monitor to display book content
• Help button and real-time notification for librarian

Roles and Responsibilities

• Admin: Manage user roles and manage books on the server (add, edit or remove books)
• Librarian: manage books on the server and assisting visually impaired individual in accessing BEE Braille Nusantara
• User: people that utilize BEE Braille Nusantara to access and read books

Navigation System

• There are 4 buttons on the left and 24 buttons on the right side. So far 11 buttons have been used for bookmarking, reading books, and etc.

BEE Braille Nusantara is connected to a monitor, allowing librarians to view the displayed book content and navigation system information. In that case, librarians can support user who may not be familiar with BEE Braille Nusantara. There are several pages that will be displayed on the screen.

BEE Braille Nusantara is connected to a website, allowing admin to manage role for users registered and librarians to manage books. For new users, registration is done through the website by entering information such as name, date of birth, Indonesian identity number, etc.

The plans for the future include expanding the e-book collection, enhancing features, and seeking user feedback to shape the future development of BEE Braille Nusantara. After that, the system will be applied to the national library of the Republic of Indonesia and hopefully all libraries in Indonesia.