Abstract: A visually impaired person may be taught verbal communication skills using specimen display assemblies that present tactile specimens representing words that are to be learned. The specimens are attached to and project from a surface of a specimen display card. The specimen display card may be used in conjunction with a teaching device such as an easel or an electronic device having a touch sensitive surface and a speaker, whereby the electronic device broadcasts a programmed verbal message from the speaker when a force is imparted to the touch sensitive surface.