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Abstract. This paper describes the design of an instrument that aims to help blind people in learning the letters hijaiyah. Reading hijaiyah letters should be an easy thing to learn, that is enough to learn to a teacher, then we see the letters to be studied and the teacher will give an example of how to read then we follow it. Unfortunately this is only limited to people who have normal vision. For people with visual impairments, of course there will be difficulties in learning hijaiyah letters. Therefore an independent system is needed that can teach hijaiyah letters to blind people. This instrument can be used independently by blind people because it provides special braille buttons to represent hijaiyah letters. There are two modes provided in this learning tool, namely tutorial mode and practice mode. For tutorial mode, if visually impaired presses the braille button on one of the hijaiyah letters, the letter will come out pronunciation. As for the practice mode, if the blind are reciting the hijaiyah letters the tool will give a sound response to the user whether the pronunciation of the letters is correct or incorrect in pronunciation. With this instrument, it is expected to help make it easier for blind people to learn the letters hijaiyah.