Miscellaneous 3D Printing

Mini Canes and Braillers

These mini canes and braillers were originally created to be Barbie accessories, but they can be resized to fit your needs.

Photo of a hand holding 1 mini braille and 2 mini canes with black handles and red tape.

Photo of a hand holding one mini brailler

Plastic baggy holding several mini braillers

Unifix Brailler Finger Guides

A TVI shared that they like to use Unifix cubes as finger guides on braillers, but adhering and removing the Unifix cubes is a bit of a pain. No longer! These printed finger guides slide on and off easily, but only when you want them to!

Brailler Finger Guides.MOV

Names for CVI

I've received several requests to print student's names in their preferred colors. These letter manipulatives can be used for a variety of learning activities. For letters like i or j, a layer of black is added to the base of the model to keep the dot connected to the rest of the letter. The black layer is difficult to see when the letters are presented on a black background.

Shiny Green 3D printed i with a layer of black connecting the dot to the body of the i

Braille 20-sided Die

This D20 with Braille Numbers was printed for one of our avid Dungeons and Dragons players. The die has both print and braille numbers.

Red 20-sided die with braille print and braille numbers

Playdough Braille Stamps

Amanda Crayton's Braille Play-Doh Stampers are great for young learners. We found that the original model took a very long time to print and broke a little too easily. After a few quick edits to the original files, we created the simplified stampers shown below. These print in half the time, use a third of the material, and are much sturdier!

Box of simplified braille Play-Doh stampers printed with light blue plastic

Initial Stencil

A TVI requested a set of custom initial stencils for their students. These stencils allowed the students to practice writing their initials without frustration. The top left corner of the model is slanted so that the student can quickly tell how to orient the stencil.

Magnifier Phone Stand

Simple phone stand to easily use your phone as a magnifier, based on the Visor Phone Stand. The arms flex to adjust to your phones width.

Phone held in magnifier phone stand, enlarging text in book.

Magnifier phone stand holding phone upright for distance magnification

3D Printed Slate and Stylus Set

A printable slate and stylus set to meet all your braille needs on the go! 2-line, 4-line, and business card slates with a printable stylus.

Download the files from Thingiverse.

Shapes for CVI

These basic shapes were created to help draw visual attention and give the student a large target to take hold of. Large alphabet letters were also printed for a matching activity.

In the shapes below, the top surface has a matte finish, and the bottom surface has a reflective finish.

A red circle and a green arrow shown next to a mechanical pencil for scale. The top surface is not reflective.

A red circle and a green arrow shown next to a mechanical pencil for scale. The top surface is reflective.

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