LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Students who are blind or have low vision got to put their Braille skills to the test on Thursday at the Kentucky Regional Braille Challenge.
It was at the Kentucky School for the Blind on Frankfort Avenue.
It's a competition for students from Kindergarten to 12th grade where they can test their reading comprehension, spelling and more.
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One of the unique events of the challenge is speed and accuracy; students listened to a speaker and typed out the text on their braille writers.
The coordinator, Jane Thompson, said the students look forward to it every year.
"Many of the students come every single year, and they compete every year, and they come back every year," Thompson said. "And they get to see their friends that they've met while they were here that they never met before because they were from different parts of the state."
"A lot of the students go to public schools and a lot of the competitions they can't compete in, because they're inaccessible competitions. This is 100% accessible competition and they master it and they love it."
The winner of each of the competitions won a crisp $100 bill and the runners up will get a $50 or $25 Walmart gift card.
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