What is the braille alphabet, how do you read it and what year did Louis Braille create the writing system?
Braille was first invented as a way for soldiers to communicate with each other in secret without using lights or sounds
BRAILLE is a writing system designed to allow the blind and visually impaired to read.
It uses tiny pimples on the page that can be felt by the finger tips an interpreted as letters and numbers.
What is the braille alphabet?
Brialle can be produced by hand with a stylus or using a braille typewriter, braille printer of a refreshable braille display.
If an error is made the mistake is overwritten with all six dots.
Most braille embossers support between 34 and 40 cells per line, and 25 lines per page.
The braille alphabet is spelled out in the table above.
When did Louis Braille create the writing system?
Louis Braille worked with Charles Barbier to create the system for French leader Napoleon's army in 1821.
He wanted a way for soldiers to communicate with each other in secret without using lights or sounds.
The expanded English system, called Grade-2 Braille, was complete by 1905.
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