Fingerbraille: An Investigation of Japanese Methods for Communicating with Individuals Who Are Deaf-Blind.

The article explains the use of the fingerbraille system for individuals who are deaf-blind. It discusses the development of fingerbraille, which began in Japan in 1981, and its process in which the interpreter faces the deaf-blind person from the side and applies touch-writing. The method involves tapping, which follows the traditional system in Japanese braille of hiragana and katakana characters. However, interpreters face the challenges of understanding the fundamental need of individuals with deaf-blindness for both physical and intellectual information and the issue of transparency for the individuals as no one involved in the conversation or in the surroundings know what is being communicated between persons with deaf-blindness and their interpreters.