Braille

Louis Braille was a French boy

Louis Braille was a French boy who became blind after an accident when he was three years old. Later, he studied at the Royal Institute for Young Blin

Night Writing was an alphabet

Night Writing was an alphabet of raised dots and dashes invented by Capt. Charles Barbier de la Serre for soldiers to read with their fingers in the d

The Braille alphabet has one Braille

The Braille alphabet has one Braille symbol for each of the twenty-six letters of the English alphabet.

Braille is read by feeling raised

Braille is read by feeling raised dots with the fingers instead of looking at printed letters.

Braille needs more space because letters

Braille needs more space because letters cannot be written too close together. That is why a Braille book is thicker than a regular printed book.