Braille

Frank H. Hall (Superintendent of the Illinois Institution for the Blind) invented the first Braille writer in 1892. The most popular and durable one now in use was invented by David Abraham.

The Braille writing system itself was invented by blind Louis Braille, who was French, between 1821 and 1824.

The Braille system for the blind was invented on January 1, 2, or 3 of the year 1825 by Louis Braille (January 4, 1809 - January 6, 1852.). At the age of 3 Braille had an accident which sadly made him blind. But, he was eager to learn and even more eager to read. So, he went to Paris and attended the Royal Institute for Blind Youth in 1819. There the only method they used to read was the raised-print method. This method worked by making letters and numbers kinda pop-out of the pages. This method didn't work because some letters were difficult to tell apart. For example, the Q's felt like O's, the O's felt like C's, the I's turned out to be T's, and the R's were really B's. The in the spring of 1821, a man by the name of Captain. Charles Barbier visited the institute with a new method. This method, that he called night writing, was being used by the army to write simple notes in the dark. The notes usually consisted of 1 or 2 words, for example, "advance" or "enemy behind". This method used raised dots and sounds. Each word was broken up into sounds. Each sound was given a different dot pattern. Then each dot was punched onto sheet metal with an instrument called stylus. The stylus is an instrument similar to an awl. Ironically, an awl was the instrument that made Luis blind. This method was a great improvement from the previous method. It used dots and dots were easily felt and many fit under one finger, but it still had some glitches. For example, it couldn't write numbers, periods, commas, exclamation points, or capital letters. It also took to much space. But most of all, it was hard to learn and feel. The dots that this method used got Luis thinking. Finally, after years of trail and error, he finally achieved success. At the age of 15, Luis invented a six-dot pattern that he called a cell. He then numbered each of the dots from 1-6. Finally, all that was left was to make a specific pattern for each letter in the alphabet. When he finished, he tested it. It worked! And, it was really simple. He showed it to his classmates and they agreed, it was simple. All that was left is to let the world know of this new method, it will not be easy. Adults also trying to create methods, were jealous of Luis Braille, and young child's success. So, no matter what he did nobody approved, even Captain Barbier himself. Although people were trying to help the blind, they were arrogant. They thought the blind didn't need books or numbers but that the night writing method was fine. After graduation, at the age of 19 , Luis even became a teacher at the institute. The year 1844, when the institute moved, was the first time that Louis's alphabet was truly appreciated. The director of the institute, Dr. Dufau, knew that at the grand opening there were going to be an lot of famous people. The audience included teachers, scientists, and government officials. It was the perfect time to show the people Luis's alphabet. Luis and the director decided to read a passage of a book, while and blind girl wrote it and later read it. She said exactly what the director had said, and still the audience claimed it was a trick. But, Luis had a plan B, he grabbed to blind children that went to the institute and made a random person from the audience choose any book and dictate any passage to one of the children, while the other stood in a place were he couldn't hear what the stranger was saying. When the first child finished writing what the stranger had dictated, the other was called onto the stage and ordered to read what was written. Incredibly, he said exactly what the stranger had dictated. the crowed was astonished. The next day, everyone talked about the braille method.

Braille had finally expanded.

Louis Braille overcame his blindness by developing a system of raised dots that can be read by touch. He used this system to create the braille alphabet, allowing blind individuals to read and write independently. His persistence and innovation have had a lasting impact on the lives of visually impaired people worldwide.

Valentin Haüy, a French educator, first inspired Louis Braille to pursue education. Charles Barbier, a French army officer, invented the "night writing" system that inspired Braille to create his own system. Louis Braille also received support and encouragement from other educators and friends throughout his life.

This person (January 4, 1809 -- January 6, 1852) was the inventor of Braille.

Braille was born in Coupvray, a small town located southeast of Paris in Seine-et-Marne. His father was a saddlemaker, who also made harnesses, bags and leather straps. As soon as he could walk, Louis spent time playing in his father's workshop. When he was three, he scratched his right eye while making holes in a piece of leather with a knife or awl that was too heavy for him. There was nothing anyone could do except patch and bind the hurt eye. His right eye got infected and the infection spread to his left eye making him blind.

When he was ten, Braille earned a scholarship to the National Institute for the Blind Youth in Paris, one of the first of its kind in the world. But living conditions in the school were poor. Louis ate stale bread and water, and students were sometimes abused or locked up as a form of punishment.

Despite these circumstances, Braille proved to be a bright and creative student. His ear for music enabled him to become an accomplished cellist and organist in classes taught by Marrigues. (Later in life, his musical talents this lead him to play the organ for churches all over France, and he held the position of organist in Paris at the Church of Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs 1834 and at the Church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in 1845.)

Children at the school were taught basic craftsman skills and simple trades. They were also taught how to read by feeling raised letters (a system devised by the school's founder, Valentin Haüy). However, because the raised letters were made using paper pressed against copper wire, the students never learned to write. Another bad thing was that the letters weighed a lot and whenever people published books using this system, they put together a book with multiple stories in one in order to save money. This made the books sometimes weigh over a hundred pounds. The school had only three books, all of which Louis read.

He was a simple man....He didint really do much because of his blindness,but he always had a good friendship with his brother and 2 sisters .....He always wanted to be like his father, which wasn't always a good thing, thats how he became blind at the age of 4 completely...He was playing in his fathers work shop pretending to be him and a knife sliped and poked him in the lewft eye and eventually he became blind in both eyes....

Louis Braille's full name Louis Braille. Blind himself, he would go on to create a writing system of raised dots that is used by the blind.

Louis Braille's invention of the braille system has greatly helped visually impaired individuals read and write. It allows them to access books, information, and communicate effectively. Braille's system continues to be widely used and has significantly improved the quality of life for blind people worldwide.

Louis Braille, the inventor of the braille system, created a tactile writing system that allows people who are blind or visually impaired to read and write. This system has significantly improved access to education, employment, and communication for individuals with visual impairments around the world. Braille's contribution has had a lasting impact on promoting independence and inclusion for the visually impaired community.

Louis Braille's dad was a saddle and harness maker in the village of Coupvray (in Paris) and Louis loved to watch him and that was the place where he first got blind from an accident with an awl ( one of his fathers tools that he wasn't supposed to touch) it punctured his eye and infected his other eye this could not be cured back then so he was blind when he was 4 years old hope that answers your question and i know all this because my class just finished reading Out of Darkness the story of Louis Braille.

yes it is purely because it gives a blind person a chance to be independent. braille is used allot all over the world and is now widely available. however negative side to this is that its very hard to learn and that braille isnt used by everyone and it is not seen allot and isnt put on labels of food only on medication.

About as long as it takes the average person to read normal letters. Even less if you already know how to read normally, all you need to know is the letters and punctuation. It's not a difficult idea to grasp for most people. This isn't the same for everybody though. It does take a while to be able to reconize a mish-mash of dots as letters, just as it takes a while to reconize a bunch of symbols (letters) as words.

Braille affects daily life because it helps blind people see

Louis Braille went to the Nation Institute for the Blind in Paris. They taught children to read by feeling raised letters. The institute had a limited amount of books on this system of writing and Braille read them all. However, he had no way of writing and would later create a system composed of six raised dots to allow him to communicate better.

In 1821, Louis Braille was inspired by former French Army captain, Charles Barbier de la Serre. Serre visited Braille's school to show his invention of sonography, which was a form of night writing. This invention was based off a series of 12 raised dots and numbers, which allowed top-secret information to be transferred between soldiers on the battlefield, without talking.

Braille was also inspired by a six sided dice and used a stitching awl and created a system composed of a similar method of raised dots. His method of language was a six dot system.

It raises awareness and it helps blind people to read using their fingers

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Olivier Chandon de Brailles was born in 1955.

The Braille system is used to represent written text identified by touch rather than by sight. It consists of a 2-by-3 dot cell, where dots are raised according to predefined character patterns. A similar system was developed for the French army, with 12 dots per cell, but was never used. Louis Braille, who was blind, was inspired by the 12 dot system but simplified it so that an entire cell could be read without moving the reading finger. Devised in 1825.

he stabed his eye with an awl

Braille is created by punching dimples in special paper with a special machine. A blind person would have no reason to create Braille pages unless she was writing to another blind person. In such cases, there are text-to-voice programs that would serve much better, and most blind people can type.

As far as my research goes, braille has been around for over 160 years.

no louis never had a wife nor any kids

Braille had changed a lot since it was invented <3

About 150 million people use Braille today.