The students designed and built a machine capable of punching braille text into plastic beer labels as well as card stock, glossy mailers, and other materials that commercial braille-friendly printers are currently unable to accommodate.

The printer is designed so Blind Industries & Services of Maryland, or BISM, employees with no or low vision can operate it. The students developed easy-to-update software that allows their printer to communicate with the braille word processor and Photoshop design software that the nonprofit uses in its office.