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   What is Braille & how does it work?

   • Braille ( / breɪl / BRAYL, French: [bʁɑj]) is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille displays that connect to computers and smartphone devices.

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   Why is Braille called Braille?

   • Braille is named after its creator, Louis Braille, a Frenchman who lost his sight as a result of a childhood accident. In 1824, at the age of fifteen, he developed the braille code based on the French alphabet as an improvement on night writing. He published his system, which subsequently included musical notation, in 1829.

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   What is NBP - about braille?

   • NBP - About Braille - What Is Braille? What is Braille? Braille is a system of six raised dots created in 1821 by French schoolboy Louis Braille. It is an essential tool with which children with profound or total loss of sight can learn to read and write.

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   Where does Braille come from?

   • Braille is derived from the Latin alphabet, albeit indirectly. In Braille's original system, the dot patterns were assigned to letters according to their position within the alphabetic order of the French alphabet of the time, with accented letters and w sorted at the end.

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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › French_BrailleFrench Braille - Wikipedia

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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.

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     Braille ( / breɪl / BRAYL, French: [bʁɑj]) is a tactile...

   • Louis Braille - Wikipedia

     Louis Braille (/ b r eɪ l / brayl; French: [lwi bʁɑj]; 4...

3. brailleworks.com › braille-resources › history-ofThe History of Braille [Your Braille Resource] - Braille Works

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   Wikipedia – Louis Braille. Resources. Home. The history of braille started in the early 1800's and is a system of touch reading for the blind in which raised dots represent letters of the alphabet.

4. www.nbp.org › ic › nbpNBP - About Braille - Who is Louis Braille?

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   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 ...

5. www.afb.org › braille-nvents-his-codeBraille Invents His Code | American Foundation for the Blind

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   Barbier was an artillery captain in the French Army who had devised a system for soldiers to communicate at night without a sound. His system combined 12 dots to represent sounds, and he called it sonography.

6. www.nbp.org › aboutbraille › whatisbrailleNBP - About Braille - What Is Braille?

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   What is Braille? Braille is a system of six raised dots created in 1821 by French schoolboy Louis Braille. It is an essential tool with which children with profound or total loss of sight can learn to read and write.