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  1. Braille - Wikipedia

    Accessibility Braille dashboard in elevator Braille (/ breɪl / BRAYL; French: [bʁaj] ⓘ) is a tactile writing system used by blind or visually impaired people. It can be read either on embossed paper or by …

  2. Braille 101: What It Is, Who It’s For, and Why It Still Matters

    2 days ago · January is National Braille Literacy Month, and Ability Central is recognizing the impact and benefits of braille for individuals who are blind or have low vision. Braille 101 explains what braille is, …

  3. What Is Braille? - The American Foundation for the Blind

    Braille is a system of raised dots that can be read with the fingers by people who are blind or who have low vision. Teachers, parents, and others who are not visually impaired ordinarily read braille with …

  4. Braille | History, Inventor, Description, & Facts | Britannica

    Nov 30, 2025 · Braille, universally accepted system of writing used by and for blind persons, invented by Louis Braille in 1824. It consists of a code of 63 characters, each made up of one to six raised dots …

  5. About Braille - National Library Service for the Blind and Print ...

    About Braille, detailing the braille system, its history, and its application in reading and writing for individuals with visual impairments.

  6. How braille music opens up the music world for blind people

    5 days ago · In the 1820s, Louis Braille devised a raised-dot system of letters, numbers and musical notation. 200 years later, it’s still opening the music world for blind musicians.

  7. How To Read and Write Braille | Department for the Blind

    How to read and write Braille.In 1821, a blind Frenchman named Louis Braille devised a tactile system for blind people to read. Called Braille, the system was a series of characters, or "cells," made up of …

  8. How the braille alphabet worksPerkins School for the Blind

    The braille alphabet is used by people who are blind or visually impaired as a basis of the larger braille code for reading and writing. Blind kids and adults read braille by gliding their fingertips over the lines …

  9. NBP - About 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. While tape …

  10. What Is Braille? – The Braillists Foundation

    Braille is a simple dot pattern used to represent written language. Invented by a French schoolboy in the 1820s, braille is an optimisation of an earlier code used by the French army for sending messages …