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World Braille Day takes place on 4th January, which is the anniversary of Louis Braille, the inventor’s, birthday. In preparation for the event, here is everything you need to know about Braille.
Braille is a unique code that allows blind and partially sighted people to read and write independently.
It was invented by Louis Braille who was just 15 when he created his first Braille system!
Louis Braille created his first version of the code in 1829. Back then it was a 6 dot system in varying patterns, providing 63 different arrangements which stood for different letters and numbers. Since then it has been tweaked, making it even easier to read and write.
Braille is considered to be a code rather than a language and there are different codes for each language.
English speakers generally use UEB which is the Unified English Braille system.
It isn’t just literature that can be translated in Braille, Maths and Science equations can be written out too, this is known as the Nemeth Code.
Louis Braille also published a similar system so you can read and write musc!
Braille takes up much more space than the written word, which means that books entirely in Braille are much larger. The Webster’s Dictionary for instance stretches across 72 volumes.
There are Braille bank notes too! They were introduced in 2017 after a collaboration between the Bank of England and the Royal National Institute of Blind People.
