Braille is a form of language used by vision impared individuals. A french teacher named Luis Braille invented the system early in the 19th century to help with his students, who were mostly blind. There are arrangements that list individual letters, as shown here, and also arrangements that are entire words or numbers.
Braille is commonly used in many public places, such as schools, office buildings, and many tourist attractions. I remember there being braille on my calculators in grade school!
information and photo derived from http://www.omniglot.com/writing/braille.htm
Without Braille we may not have had the privilege of knowing artists like Stevie Wonder or Ray Charles to name two. I'm sure there are countless other blind people whose capabilities may have gone unrealized if not for Braille.
ReplyDeleteBraille is a huge was of communication. Sightless people would have an incredibly hard time getting instructions if they were by themselves without it. It's also seems like such an intricate way of communicating and difficult to learn so I give a lot of credit to the people who have knowledge of it.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Braille is very useful so that the blind may communicate with the world there are times where it is used that it doesn't necessarily make a whole lot of sense. For example, drive up mac machines have braille numbers...are we encouraging blind people to drive cars now?
ReplyDeleteBraille is a very important communication tool for the blind. Braille allows the blind to get around too. Like on elevators all the options are written and in braille. Also in buildings, the room numbers are written in braille. Braille allows the blind to read. There are many books written in braille.
ReplyDeletebrail is everywhere and taken for granted by those who can see. But those who cannot appriciate more than we know. imagine being blind and walking into the wrong bathroom in a public place--although i image it would offend those with sight more than the blind person.
ReplyDeleteBraille, like sign language, is such a crucial invention for the betterment of out people. Not too long ago people with disabilities like the and the blind were misunderstood and forced to be outcasts of society. Communication and written word are such a huge part of life in our culture and thanks to braille and ASL, America has more tools to help integrate potential great minds into society.
ReplyDeleteBraille in itself, is quite amazing. To be able to use your fingertips and tell your brain that a few little dots make a letter, is unbelievable. For people to learn braille is like anyone else trying to learn how to speak. Braille has been, and will be an important communication tool for many many years to come.
ReplyDeleteI think that Braille is simple amazing. I am not blind and think it would be very difficult to even learn how to read Braille. I suppose though that we all as humans lean to adapt. Braille is an extremely helpful tool for the blind to be able to read. I even hear that you can get a copy of the Rolling Stone in Braille.
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