Provides users with easy access to both a QWERTY keyboard and a braille display in one single device. Enables users to learn or work more easily, with the refreshable braille display below the keyboard simultaneously providing a multimodal braille complement to user’s chosen screen reader, while the user is typing on the laptop-sized keyboard. Allows convenient on-the-go use with pairing to user’s devices via Bluetooth wireless connection, or as a stand-alone all-in-one braille reader and notepad.