Louis Braille was born 200 years ago Sunday. Braille developed a reading and writing system for the blind that's based on various combinations of six raised dots. Communication for the blind wouldn't ...

Louis Braille was only 16 years old when he developed a sophisticated system of raised dots to allow the blind to read. Six dots on two parallel lines – Braille may seem like a simple invention, but ...

Few inventors have had such a positive effect on so many lives as Louis Braille, the remarkable educator, innovator and advocate for the blind. Braille was born about 20 miles east of Paris in ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. A boy in France created a way for blind people to read and write. The boy’s ...

World Braille Day is observed on January 4th to celebrate the birth of Louis Braille, the creator of the Braille system. The day additionally highlights the significance of Braille as a means of ...

Braille is a tactile system of reading and writing for the blind and visually impaired – not a language but an alphabet. The alphabet is formed by raised dots, which can be punched on paper or adhered ...

Today marks the 207th birth anniversary of Lous Braille, the French educator who invented Braille, a system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired. At the tender age of 3, ...

Braille was invented by a nineteenth century man named Louis Braille, who was completely blind. Braille’s story starts when he was three years old. He was playing in his father’s shop in Coupvray, ...

France and the entire world honor on Sunday the 200th anniversary of the birth of French inventor Louis Braille. Louis Braille created "braille" - a world-wide system effectively used by blind and ...

The Vatican post office has issued it's first ever Braille stamp to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, who created the universal reading and writing system for the blind.