The dotty medium of Braille has just turned 200 years old. Famously invented by French boy, Louis Braille, it spread worldwide and became the way blind people were finally able to read.

The young student’s name was Louis Braille, and though his name would forever be linked to the tactile writing system for the ...

Louis Braille, born on January 4, 1809, in Coupvray, France, revolutionised accessibility for the visually impaired with his ingenious tactile writing system. Louis, who lost his vision at the age ...

Celebrating two centuries of Braille, Blind SA is leading the charge in literacy, innovation, and accessibility for South ...

Braille is a tactile reading and writing system named after its creator and inventor Louis Braille. It is specially developed for blind and visually impaired people and is traditionally written on ...

World Braille Day is celebrated on January 4 each year to honor the life and work of Louis Braille, the inventor of braille.

Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse Code 2. Louis Braille, who invented Braille. 3. Ludwik Lejzer (L.L.) Zamenhof, the creator of Esperanto, the most successful constructed language in history.

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.

World Braille Day is observed every year on January 4 to honour the birth anniversary of Louis Braille, the inventor of the Braille system. This day is a tribute to his groundbreaking contribution ...

Observed annually on 4 January, World Braille Day was established by the UN General Assembly in December 2018. The date also marks the birth anniversary of Louis Braille, who at the age of 15 ...

According to the United Nations, Braille is, “Tactile representation of alphabetic and numerical symbols using six dots to represent each letter and number, and even musical, mathematical ...