The printer, dubbed Braigo (short for Braille with Lego), was created from the Lego Mindstorms EV3 set, which retails for $349. Banerjee also added $5-worth of additional materials, which means ...

Wireless braille printers are accessible and have a good range. For instance, the Focus 40 Blue printer from Freedom Scientific offers adaptive, assistive technology and a keypad for proofreading.

He spent many late nights at the kitchen table building a prototype printer with a Lego Mindstorms EV3 kit, using a thumb tack to poke holes in a roll of calculator paper. (When the paper is ...

Shubham Banerjee used a Lego robotics kit to create a low-cost braille printer. With money from his dad, Shubham upgraded and built Braigo -- a quieter, faster printer that costs just $350.

According to a news report on NBC Bay Area, Banerjee then plunged into internet research about braille. What he found out was how expensive braille printers are: many start at around $2,000.

13-year-old Shubham Banerjee built a Braille printer for $350 out of LEGOs. Now, he's got venture capital funding to build a better Braille printer.

What do you get when you put a Lego robotics kit, basic tools and a creative mind together? A Braille printer. Shubham Banerjee, 12, talks to NPR's Scott Simon about his project to help the blind.

Braille printers start at about $2,000 for personal use and go up to at least $10,000 for schools and businesses. Braigo plans to sell its printer for around $350.

13-year-old Shubham Banerjee is launching his own startup to build a Braille printer that helps the visually impaired, called Braigo Labs.

Shubham Banerjee used a Lego robotics kit to create a low-cost braille printer. With money from his dad, Shubham upgraded and built Braigo -- a quieter, faster printer that costs just $350.

Shubham Banerjee used a Lego robotics kit to create a low-cost braille printer. With money from his dad, Shubham upgraded and built Braigo -- a quieter, faster printer that costs just $350.