Swedens #1
Braille producer.
Punkt Design is Sweden's largest and most trusted Braille printing company, with roots that trace back to the 1990s through SRF and Iris-Hadar. What began as part of the Iris Group has evolved into an independent enterprise dedicated to making information accessible to the visually impaired community.
Our Capabilities
Core Braille Services:
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Professional Braille book production for educational and recreational reading
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Daily newspaper conversion to Braille, keeping our community informed
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Musical notation in Braille, preserving the joy of music for visually impaired musicians, either for fun or as a profession.
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Technical textbook conversion with precise formatting for academic success
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Expert Braille translation services maintaining accuracy and context
Specialized Printing Solutions:
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Large print publications optimized for low vision readers
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Custom business cards with integrated Braille for professional networking
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Tactile image creation that brings visual concepts to life through touch
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Braille embossing on playing cards for inclusive recreation
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Full commercial print shop services for all your traditional printing needs
Embossing Excellence:
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3 Braillo Embossers - Industry-leading production embossers known for their speed and precision
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3 Index Embossers - Specialized embossers for detailed work and various paper types
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Both product lines represent the pinnacle of Braille embossing technology, ensuring crisp, consistent, and durable Braille output
Precision Finishing Equipment:
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Professional Paper Cutting Machine - Ensures perfect dimensions for all publications
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Specialized Business Card Cutting Machine - Precision cutting for professional Braille business cards
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Advanced Digital Printer - High-quality visual printing for large print and combined visual-tactile materials
Tactile Innovation Technology:
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Heating Machine for Tactile Images - Creates raised tactile graphics that bring visual concepts to life
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Large Format Printer - Handles oversized projects and specialized materials
Quality Assurance, Compliance & Standards:
Our commitment to excellence goes beyond equipment. We maintain rigorous quality control with hourly machine inspections, ensuring every page meets our exacting standards. Our processes are embedded in company culture, with quality routines that have been refined over decades of operation.
We adhere to both Swedish national standards and international Braille formatting rules, ensuring our output is consistent with global accessibility standards.
Our Experience & Partnerships
Our deep understanding of accessibility standards, user needs, and regulatory requirements. We don't just print materials; we collaborate to create solutions that truly serve the community.
Our experience spans emergency communications, educational materials, government publications, and recreational content. This breadth gives us unique insight into the diverse needs of the visually impaired community and the various contexts in which accessible materials are essential.
Over the years we have been working with many organisations and clients, some of the are listed below:
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MTM (Myndigheten för Tillgängliga Medier) - Sweden's authority for accessible media
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SPSM (Specialpedagogiska Skolmyndigheten) - The Special Education Agency
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Valmyndigheten - Ensuring democratic participation through accessible voting materials
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Synskadades Riksförbund - The Swedish Federation of the Visually Impaired
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MSB (Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency) - Critical information accessibility during emergencies
How do we turn a book into braille?
We translate from printed text to braille. And we make sheet music accessible for musicians with visual impairments.
Of course, we use conversion software, but there are many aspects of a text that require manual work and human attention to detail. Examples include simple things such as hyphenation and paragraph division, but also more complex tasks like constructing tables.
We translate not only from text files, but also from PDF and Excel documents, and we offer these services even if you don’t print with us.
Some Examples
If you would like to see what we have embossed and printed, we have plenty to show. Of course, our portfolio does not look like a typical showcase page from an ordinary printing company. After all, our most important readers have a completely different sense of both form and storytelling than those who read with their eyes.
80–120 words per minute
The reading speed for braille is often 80–120 words per minute. However, experienced braille readers can often reach 200 words per minute – a pace fully comparable to visual reading. And some are in fact twice as fast.
Braille and Opportunities
In 2021, a survey was conducted among 85,000 blind adults in the United States. Of those who could read braille, 90 percent were employed. Among those who could not, the employment rate was only 33 percent. This, if we reduce literacy to a mere economic factor.
What it means on a personal level – to be able to access public information or to enjoy "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" without assistance – can hardly be measured in any known currency.
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Perfect Pitch
For those who are visually impaired, language becomes larger and more important – and so does rhythm. Not everyone is a Stevie Wonder, but studies suggest that up to 30–40 percent of people who are blind from birth have perfect pitch.
Louise Braille, the inventor of braille, was a musician and also developed a system for musical notation that can be interpreted by visually impaired individuals. Other well-known blind musicians and artists include José Feliciano, Ray Charles, Andrea Bocelli, Jeff Healey, Ginny Owens, Clarence Carter, and a long list of blues musicians with the nickname “Blind,” the most famous probably being Blind Lemon Jefferson.
