Louis Braille - Wikipedia
Louis Braille (/ breɪl / brayl; French: [lwi bʁɑj]; 4 January 1809 – 6 January 1852) was a French educator and the inventor of a reading and writing system named after him, braille, intended for use by visually impaired people. His system is used …
Louis Braille | Invention, Facts, & Death | Britannica
2025年1月2日 · Louis Braille (born January 4, 1809, Coupvray, near Paris, France—died January 6, 1852, Paris) was a French educator who developed a system of printing and writing, called Braille, that is extensively used by the blind.
Louis Braille - Facts, Invention & Death - Biography
2024年7月17日 · Louis Braille invented a system of raised dots that enables blind people to read and write. His system is the globally accepted code for those with visual impairments.
The Story of Louis Braille: Inventor of the Braille Code
2021年2月3日 · Louis Braille was a French Educator who invented a tactile system of reading and writing for the blind and visually impaired in 1824. The system is called braille and it consists of raised dot codes that are used worldwide to read and write until this day.
How Louis Braille Invented a Reading and Writing System for
2024年9月6日 · At just age 15, Braille devised a revolutionary system using raised dots to expand reading options for blind students like himself. In 1819, 10-year-old Louis Braille became the youngest...
About Braille - Who is Louis Braille? - NBP
Louis Braille is the inventor of the braille code. He was born on January 4, 1809, in Coupvray, France. At the age of 3, while playing in his father's shop, Louis injured his eye on a sharp tool.
Braille 200 - National Library Service for the ... - Library of Congress
Louis Braille was born in the village of Coupvray near Paris on January 4, 1809. One day, when he was three, he was playing with a sharp tool belonging to his father, a harness maker. He accidentally injured one eye with the tool, then developed an infection that later caused total blindness. In 1821, Braille, at the age of twelve, took a ...
Louis Braille (1809-1852) - Library of Congress
Biography of Louis Braille (1809–1852), a blind Frenchman who by age sixteen designed a code of raised dots enabling people who are blind to read and write easily. Discusses his schooling, his love of music, and the advantages of his tactile reading system. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2006.
Braille | History, Inventor, Description, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月25日 · Braille, universally accepted system of writing used by and for blind persons, invented by Louis Braille in 1824. It consists of a code of 63 characters, each made up of one to six raised dots arranged in a six-position matrix or cell.
Louis Braille - New World Encyclopedia
Louis Braille (January 4, 1809 – January 6, 1852) was the inventor of the braille writing system, the world-wide system used by blind and visually impaired people for reading and writing. Braille is read by passing one's fingers over characters made up of an arrangement of one to six embossed points.