Braille — Flashcards

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Louis Braille was a French boy who became blind as a child. He later created the Braille alphabet by simplifying Night Writing.

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He was three years old when a sharp tool pierced his eye while he was playing with his blacksmith father's tools.

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Within a few days, Louis became blind in one eye. Later, the other eye was also affected, and he became totally blind.

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It was a school in Paris where Louis Braille got admission in 1819 when he was ten years old. There, he learnt letters in special ways using wood, cloth, and pins in pincushions.

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Braille is a method of reading through touch. It uses raised dots that can be felt with the fingers.

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Night Writing was an alphabet of raised dots and dashes invented by Capt. Charles Barbier de la Serre. Soldiers could read it with their fingers in the dark, but it was too difficult and was not a suc…

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As a teenager, Louis became interested in Night Writing and simplified it. From this, he created the Braille alphabet.

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He gave the world the Braille alphabet.