Meet Monarch
Join the braille revolution and purchase your Monarch today! On the product page, you can find the Monarch user manual, a keyboard shortcut guide, teacher created activities, membrane replacement instructions, a product FAQ, and more.
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Our Mastering the Monarch course offers a series of short video modules exploring the use of the Monarch multiline braille display. This course is eligible for ACVREP credit.
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Get familiar with your Monarch! APH has created a variety of training videos to help you learn more about your device.
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View all available Monarch manuals and downloads directly on the Monarch product page.
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- Learn how others are using Monarch in their classrooms or connect with users. Visit the Monarch Professional Community on the Hive.
- Check out our Monarch Users Facebook group! This group is dedicated to all-things Monarch, American Printing House for the Blind’s multiline braille device. Connect with other Monarch users, learn about the device, find resources, share ideas, and more!
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We have compiled a wide variety of tips, tricks, and informational posts about the Monarch and how it’s being used in schools across the country. Explore our latest posts!
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As we seek to create a world where everyone is welcome, APH is introducing the Monarch Student Pilot Project (MSPP), granting select students across the U.S. and its territories access to the Monarch. This initiative will enable us to observe the educational impacts on student outcomes, helping us enhance the Monarch’s potential to empower students who are blind or low vision to lead their own education journeys.
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Monarch RISE will be accepting new applications from college students and individuals who have just started in their career field (2-5 years) starting in Spring 2026. Please stay tuned for more updates!
Braille access has long been recognized as critical for individuals who are Blind, Deaf-Blind, or have Other Visual Impairments in achieving and maintaining competitive integrated employment. The Monarch RISE Project is creating and empowering a sustainable community of Monarch users, individuals using an innovative multiline braille and tactile graphics display, who can independently share strategies and success stories to advance their own and others’ success in preparing for, achieving, maintaining, and progressing in competitive integrated employment (CIE).
- Phase 1: Professionals (ongoing)
- Phase 2: College and Early Career (coming soon!)
- Phase 3: Job-Seekers: Students and Adults
Disclaimer: 100% of the total costs of APH’s DIF-F project will be financed by the $10 million grant. No percentage of the total costs of the project will be financed by non-governmental sources. The contents of this website developed under grant #H421F240052 from the U.S. Department of Education (Department). The Department does not mandate or prescribe practices, models, or other activities described or discussed in this document. The contents of this website may contain examples of, adaptations of, and links to resources created and maintained by another public or private organization. The Department does not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of this outside information. The content of this website does not necessarily represent the policy of the Department. This publication is not intended to represent the views or policy of or be an endorsement of any views expressed or materials provided by any Federal agency.” (EDGAR 75.620)
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APH librarians have composed these three guidance documents for creating tactile graphics on the Monarch.
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Wing It – APH has developed a groundbreaking new app that empowers users to create tactile graphics on the fly. Design tactile images in real time on your iPad and seamlessly transfer them to the Monarch.
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- Coming soon are many exciting Monarch apps included adaptations of familiar APH products, a word puzzle game, and an extensive periodic table app.
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For technical assistance, please contact our Monarch support team at monarchsupport@aph.org or (833) 447-8444.