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World Braille Day, 4 January
What is Braille?
Braille is a tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and number, and even musical, mathematical and scientific symbols. Braille (named after its inventor in 19th century France, Louis Braille) is used by blind and partially sighted people to read the same books and periodicals as those printed in a visual font.
Steps
- Memorize the numbers for the 6 dots in a Braille cell. A standard Braille cell is made up of 6 dots arranged in 2 columns of 3 dots each. …
- Start with the first 10 letters of the alphabet. …
- Add dot 3 to form the letters k through t. …
- Add dot 6 to form u, v, x, y, and z. …
- Learn the letter w separately.
