iwata and her team have converted picture books into braille editions. they also create a relief effect by using cutouts. what started iwata on this road was her inability to read picture books to her two sons. >> translator: when my boy was hospitalized i heard a woman reading books to her son. i could just picture the boy looking at the book intently. i became envious and thought if only i could see. >> reporter: once iwata and her team tried to convert guri and guda into braille but it took months to complete a single book. so iwata approached a publisher to make guri and guda especially for blind parents. she succeeded. the company decided to make a braille edition on the 50th anniversary of the book's first bl publication. long story books like guri and guda are often bound with rings to avoid pressing the pages. >> translator: on a page like this, the ring would go through the picture of the egg. this ruins the composition of the picture. >> reporter: the book binding company came up with a solution. they added a rim so no pressure would be applied