What is ELIA Frames™?

ELIA Frames™ is the world’s most intuitive tactile reading system. It is designed to be understood by touch for those who have a visual impairment, and by sight for those without.

ELIA Frames™ leverages modern tactile printing technology and design principles to optimize each letter’s design and create easily identifiable characters. Each letter features an outer frame (circle, square, house) and interior elements that suggest the main characteristics of each standard alphabet letter.

We based ELIA Frames™ on the standard (Roman) alphabet because roughly 70% of the world’s population uses it to read and write (reference 1). This means about 200 million people with a visual impairment could benefit from ELIA Frames™ in its current design (reference 2). And the other 85 million could benefit from it, if customized to their standard scripts.