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Braille [brāl, brä′yə] Etymology: Louis Braille, French teacher of the blind, 1809-1852 a system of printing for the blind consisting of raised dots or points that can be read by touch. Braille (brāl), n.pr a printing and writing system using elevated dots to represent letters. The system allows those individuals with limited or no visual ability to read via touch.
Braille System of printing for blind persons, consisting of points raised above the surface of the paper used as symbols to indicate the letters of the alphabet. Reading is accomplished by touching the points with the fingertips.
Braille Public health Alphanumeric writing designed for the vision impaired; characters are encoded and typed in relief so properly trained fingers can “read” written communication. Cf Americans with Disabilities Act, Service dog. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The New Jersey Commission for the Blind provided Braille books, and a part-time Braille teacher stopped in three times a week. For the past 17 years, Jerry's been spending one day a week volunteering to make sure excess Braille books from this country make it into the hands of blind kids for free in Third World countries where they could never afford them. Now when blind and visually impaired children make the transition from storybooks to intermediate readers with these braille books, they can select titles that match their reading abilities. |
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