A Brief History of Braille
•January 10, 2024•
Braille is a universally accepted system of reading and writing for the blind. Much in the way sign language was established as a method of communication for the deaf, Braille helped to open entire worlds of possibility for those with partial or complete vision loss.
Consisting of raised dots that represent the letters of the alphabet and equivalents for punctuation marks and letter groupings, Braille consists of 63 characters, each made up of one to six raised dots arranged in a six-position matrix or cell. Individuals read Braille by passing fingertips over the characters.