There are many different ways that you can label items to make them easier to identify.
Labelling methods
Audio labelling
For creating personalised audio labels the RNIB PenFriend audio labeller is a low cost solution. It's simple and easy-to-use, and comes supplied with 170 labels to get you started.
Use it to label a wide range of items around your home and garden, at school or work or when you're out and about. You can record short or long messages on each label, making it perfect for labelling items such as music and film collections, frozen food and items in your kitchen cupboards. And now with the launch of the PenFriend washable laundry labels, you can label clothing and other washable items such as bedding and towels.
Other audio labelling products include Talking tins which help you identify the contents of tinned food and other storage containers, and the Talking label voice recorder for adding voice labels to medicine packaging.
Braille labels
Braille labels can be produced using a wide variety of methods and materials. You can use self-adhesive labelling tape in a braille labeller, a braille frame or Perkins brailler that has been fitted with an adaptor. You can emboss straight onto self-adhesive, tie-on, magnetic and paper labels using a Perkins brailler, braille embosser or hand frame.
For those who can't read braille but want to be able to write braille labels and short messages to family, friends and colleagues, then the Braille King pocket frame is perfect. It uses a unique hollow ended stylus so you can write the braille from left to right, and has the braille alphabet printed on the case.
Moon labels
Moon is a system of raised shapes which enables blind people of any age to read by touch. Moon labels can be created using our self-adhesive Moon alphabet and Moon number sheets.
Clear print labels
Clear print labels can be created using thick nibbed pens on self-adhesive labels or clean white paper. The main thing to remember is that big, bold writing on contrasting paper helps readers. You can use Day-glo orange tape to highlight obstacles such as door frames and the edge of tables and steps.
Tactile labels
Tactile labels can be produced using a variety of products including Bumpons (self-adhesive raised plastic markers), Tacti-mark (a liquid plastic that sets hard), colour indicating buttons and loc dots (tactile, self-adhesive locator dots). Alternatively you could use rubber bands to identify a tin beans from a tin of tomatoes.
Purchasing labelling products
You can
purchase a wide range of labelling products from our online shop, or call our Helpline team on 0303 123 9999.