A system of writing invented by Louis Braille, in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three rows of two dots each and are read by the blind and partially sighted using the fingertips
Braille is a system of printing for blind people. The letters are printed as groups of raised dots that you can feel with your fingers. French musician, educator, and inventor of a writing and printing system for blind or visually impaired people (1829). He lost his sight at the age of three. tr.v. Brailled, or brailled Braill·ing, or braill·ing Brailles or brailles To print or transliterate using this system. a form of printing for blind people, with raised parts that they can read by touching the paper with their fingers (Louis Braille). v. Universal system of writing and printing for the blind. The Frenchman Louis Braille invented the system in 1824. Characters embossed on paper are read by passing the fingers lightly over the manuscript. The system is based on a matrix of six dots arranged in two columns of three. The 63 combinations possible in this framework stand for letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and common words such as and and the. A Braille code for English was not adopted until 1932. Modifications also exist for other languages, for mathematical and technical material, and for musical notation. Braille may be handwritten from right to left using a stylus to press dots into a piece of paper between hinged metal plates; when the sheet is turned over, the dots face up and are read from left to right. Braille typewriters and electric embossing machines are also used
An aid for the blind in which various patterns of 2x3 raised dots indicate certain characters and words Invented by Louis Braille (180952)
the most widely used tactile substitution device for persons with visual impairments Each Braille character consists of a cell of either six or eight dots The seventh and eighth cells are used for tabulation, underlining, and other special functions associated with computer displays and text editing
Assistive technology for blind and visually impaired people that uses 6 raised dots grouped in different patterns to represent letters and numbers People read Braille by running their fingertips across the dots Some screen readers also output content in Braille format using a Braille display Learn more at the Braille Institute Web site
A system of reading and writing in which letters and word are formed by patterns of raised dots that are felt with the fingers
A system of printing or writing for the blind in which the characters are represented by tangible points or dots
A system of raised dots for touch reading and writing by the blind The system was developed by Louis Braille around 1830 and is an arrangement of six dots referred to as a braille cell Braille is extremely bulky and requires a great deal of storage space
A tactile communication system that allows people with visual impairments to read and write
A system which uses raised dots to represent numerals and letters of the alphabet that can be identified by the fingers
Braille uses six raised dots in different patterns to represent letters and numbers to be read by people who are blind with their fingertips The word "Accessible" in braille follows
{i} system of writing for the blind where configurations of raised dots represent letters and numerals
A system of raised letters People who are legally blind read by touching the letters with their fingers
A writing system using a series of raised dots to be read with the fingers by people who are blind or whose eyesight is not sufficient for reading printed material (See Section 12 9, Braille )
a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals
means data that has been saved or printed in Braille format This is a series of raised dots, arranged in set combinations that represent letters or combinations of letters Blind people use it to read texts
Braille is a system of making raised dots on paper to form letters and words that are read by the blind with their fingertips Arrangements of dots which make up letters of the alphabet, numbers and punctuation marks The basic Braille symbol is called the Braille cell and consists of six dots arranged in the formation of a rectangle, three dots high and two across Other symbols consist of only some of these six dots The six dots are commonly referred to by number according to their position in the cell
French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-152)
A system of raised-dot writing devised by Louis Braille (1809-1852) Each braille character or "cell" is made up of 6 dot positions that are arranged in a rectangle comprising 2 columns of 3 dots each A dot may be raised at any of the 6 positions, and each combination of raised dots corresponds to a letter of the alphabet, a punctuation mark, and another symbol
A system of writing letters, numbers, and symbols with a combination of six raised dots for the purpose of communicating written media to the blind
a tactile way to read and write; may be a very important tool to develop, especially if your prognosis is uncertain
a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-152) transcribe in Braille
born Jan. 4, 1809, Coupvray, near Paris, France died Jan. 6, 1852, Paris French educator who developed the Braille system of printing and writing for the blind. Himself blinded at the age of three in an accident, he went to Paris in 1819 to attend the National Institute for Blind Children, and from 1826 he taught there. Braille adapted a method created by Charles Barbier to develop his own simplified system