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French Braille is the original braille alphabet, and the basis of all others. The alphabetic order of French has become the basis of the international braille convention, used by most braille alphabets around the world. However, only the 25 basic letters of the French alphabet plus w have become internationalized; the additional letters are ...
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Braille ( / breɪl / BRAYL, French: [bʁɑj]) is a tactile...
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Known for. Braille. Louis Braille ( / breɪl / brayl; French:...
- Braille - Wikipedia
Invented by a French schoolboy in the 1820s, braille is an optimisation of an earlier code used by the French army for sending messages under the cover of darkness. Each braille pattern (known as a braille cell) fits neatly under a human fingertip. Before braille, blind people were expected to read print letter shapes embossed on paper with wire.
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Charles Barbier’s “Night-Writing”. The history of braille goes all the way back to the early 1800s. A man named Charles Barbier who served in Napoleon Bonaparte’s French army developed a unique system known as “night writing” so soldiers could communicate safely during the night. As a military veteran, Barbier saw several soldiers ...
Miniature portrait on ivory by Lucienne Filippi. Louis Braille is the inventor of the braille code. He was born on January 4, 1809, in Coupvray, France. At the age of 3, while playing in his father's shop, Louis injured his eye on a sharp tool. Despite the best care available at the time, infection set in and soon spread to the other eye ...
Louis Braille (4 January 1809 - 6 January 1852) was a French inventor. He was born in Coupvray. [1] He invented the script braille system, which helps blind people to read. Braille is read by passing one's fingers over characters made up of an arrangement of one to six raised points.
