Tactile Picture Books Project is Using 3-D Printing to Bring Joy of Picture Books to the Blind, Visually Impaired

Tom Yeh says he had the idea when he was reading "Goodnight Moon" to his then-three-year-old son.

"I really enjoy reading stories with my son, and I thought I might be able to contribute to making books for visually impaired children more tactile," Yeh said in an interview with CUEngineering. "Three­-dimensional printing holds the key to simplifying the making of tactile picture books."

Fast-forward a few years, and Yeh is in charge of the Tactile Picture Books Project, an organization that "create[s] 3-D printed tactile picture books for children with visual impairment and stud[ies] the scientific and technical questions that arise," according