Braille

Braille A blind eleven-year-old boy took a secret code devised for the military and saw in it the basis for written communication for blind individuals. Louis Braille spent nine years developing and refining the system of raised dots. The original military code was called night writing and was used by soldiers to communicate after dark. It was based on a twelve-dot cell. Each dot or combination of dots within the cell stood for a letter …

…aware of different written conventions such as spelling, punctuation, paragraphing and footnotes. Most of all, blind individuals can have access to a wide range of reading materials including educational and recreational reading and practical manuals. Equally important are the contracts, regulations, insurance policies, directories, appliance instructions and cookbooks that are part of daily adult life. Also, through Braille, blind people can read materials such as music scores, hymnals, playing cards, Scrabble boards and other games.