The Plymouth businessman creating braille menus for cafes and restaurants

A man from Plymouth is creating menus for restaurants and cafes in braille.

Brandon Hulcoop, aged 21 and from Plympton, started his own business 'All Things Dotty' during lockdown. He makes and designs bespoke greetings cards.

Brandon, who was born visually impaired, types out pictures on his cards using braille.

He wants his cards to help other blind and visually impaired people feel what things look like.

Brandon said he hopes that his cards will also appeal to sighted people: "If you think a visually impaired person will often live in a house with sighted people, sighted people generally buy paintings but they're not all inclusive.

"My cards are inclusive, I just want to create something that is inclusive for everybody."

Brandon is now looking to expand his business to start creating braille menus for cafes, restaurants and pubs.

"Visually impaired people want to go into a restaurant and know what is on the menu and not always rely on family or members of the staff to read it to them.

"Some business owners think 'well blind people come in with people who can read it to them' but that can be demeaning," Brandon added.

One cafe that has already commissioned Brandon to create a Bbraille menu for them is 'Olive and Twist' in Plympton.

Megan Lloyd who works at the cafe told ITV News: "As a small business it is really important to us to be inclusive to the local community.

"We want to make sure it is accessible to everybody who would like to come here and enjoy the food and drink."