ELIA Frames

05/23/2024

Prototyping keycaps

12/13/2023

I'm so excited to announce that tomorrow ELIA Life will launch the ELIA Frames Keyboard Overlay. It fits most Apple keyboard and a lot of others as well (e.g. many HP laptops).

In support of our keyboard overlay customers (there are a bunch of Kickstarter Backers who will be getting their overlays next week), we have posted new tutorial videos, writing practice manuals, quizzes, and 260 letter tests. They are available for free download at https://www.elialife.com/learningelia. The ELIA Frames Font (TM), which we spent years designing, is available for free at https://www.elialife.com/elia-ELIA Frames.

These resources are a lot of fun. Many you can download and print (as many copies as you'd like!). Let me know what you think!

02/14/2020

Even Nadia is excited about the new ELIA store! Follow the link to find out more about this incredible, new tactile alphabet:

http://www.theeliaidea.com/store

10/23/2019

We are pleased to share an update:

- Learnings from Y Combinator’s Startup School
- Labels as a Minimum Viable Product
- ELIA and The Blind Poet at the NYPL
- Y Combinator Startup School Reporting

Each week we will share Key Indicators to our progress. We may share more information, but at the least, we will include that. Feel free to contact us for additional details.

In this update we share learnings from Y Combinator’s Startup School, updates on ELIA labels, and an upcoming event.

02/15/2019

Blog Post #6 is here! Follow the link below. Spoiler alert: Jon Bon Jovi stopped by 😎

Andrew Chepaitis February 15, 2019 Update 2.15.19 Andrew Chepaitis February 15, 2019 This newsletter will focus on advisor conversations of last week and our pilot’s progression. Also, Jon Bon Jovi visited us for a photo shoot in our workspace. It was pretty cool. We might as well describe that, s...

02/05/2019

Blog Post #5 is here!

Andrew Chepaitis February 5, 2019 Update 2.5.19 Andrew Chepaitis February 5, 2019 “Maybe there are things you can’t necessarily measure,” Brady had suggested before the game. “But in the end maybe they’re more important than anything you can measure.”This past week was more of an interna...

01/21/2019

ELIA Frame labels and more in Blog Post #3!

Andrew Chepaitis January 21, 2019 Update 1.18.19 Andrew Chepaitis January 21, 2019 ELIA Frame individual adhesive labels with “baking”, “soda”, “powder”, “sugar”, “socks”, “choco”, “under”, and “shirt”. "A genuine leader is not a searcher for consensus but a molder of...

01/16/2019

This is an awesome article on the value of braille for employment. We couldn't agree more! We believe that tactile fonts are essential for employment, education, literacy and independence.

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) removes barriers, creates solutions, and expands possibilities so people with vision loss can achieve their full potential. As a national nonprofit with offices in five US cities, AFB is a leader in expanding possibilities for the more than 20 million Amer...

01/12/2019

Blog Post #2 is up!

Andrew Chepaitis January 10, 2019 Update 1.11.19 Andrew Chepaitis January 10, 2019 The front cover of “The Little Zen Companion” by David Schiller. Below is a summary of the week's pursuits. Please feel free to comment or email us for further information. Workman Publishing The Little Zen Compan...

10/23/2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/opinion/blind-french-guide-dog.html?fbclid=IwAR1hnJJj5gIDeLgrvyAL1Fg7xWMHBP5AxhFztY-YejeN66hlFxRvamHds84

This is a great article by one of our collaborators, Adam Linn. He is a writer and ELIA Frames reader

It’s not really about the dog. Or being French. Or blind.

09/03/2018

https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/fr/fr35/1/fr350110.htm

An important read for our supports and opponents. So many of the issues discussed.

From the Editor: Erin Jepsen is a low-vision homeschooling mother of four elementary-age children, one blind, one low vision, and two sighted. She is passionate about education for all kids and about teaching Braille. She and her family live in Idaho.