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Whose Invention Was Braille?

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Quick Answer

Louis Braille developed the braille reading system in 1824 at age 15.

The Full Story

French teenager Louis Braille, blinded by an accident at age three, developed his tactile reading system in 1824 while studying at the Royal Institute for Blind Youth in Paris. He adapted a military "night writing" code created by Charles Barbier into a simpler six-dot cell system. Each cell represents a letter, number, or punctuation mark. Initially resisted by sighted educators, braille was officially adopted in France in 1854 (two years after Braille's death) and eventually became the worldwide standard for tactile literacy.

Key Facts

1.Each braille cell uses a combination of six dots arranged in a 3×2 grid.
2.Barbier's original military code used 12 dots and was too complex for quick reading.
3.Braille died of tuberculosis at age 43.

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"Reading by Touch — How a Blind Teenager Invented Braille"

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