Braille
You now all those bumps that you always see on bathroom signs or on the number of a room, that's Braille. This week I learned about braille. I learned that Braille is the most common way blind people communicate, or write stuff down.
Braille came from a Frenchman named Louis Braille when he was a boy. Mr. Braille modeled the braille off a military code system. Braille is a system of making raised dots on paper to form letters and words that are read by the blind with their fingertips. The basic Braille 'cell' consists of two columns of three dots. The dots are numbered 1-2-3 from top to bottom on the left side of the cell and 4-5-6 from top to bottom on the right side of the cell. Each Braille letter, word, punctuation mark, number, or musical note can be made up using different combinations of these dots. Braille can be written with a Braille writing machine (similar to a typewriter). It can also be written by using a pointed stylus to punch dots down through paper using a Braille slate with rows of small "cells" in it as a guide. This method of writing Braille compares to writing print with a pen or pencil.
Braille is the most common way blind people communicate. Through out next week I am going to watch videos and try to learn Braille as best as I can. Then soon I am going to try going 'blind' and see how different life can be.
This is the Braille alphabet.
Braille came from a Frenchman named Louis Braille when he was a boy. Mr. Braille modeled the braille off a military code system. Braille is a system of making raised dots on paper to form letters and words that are read by the blind with their fingertips. The basic Braille 'cell' consists of two columns of three dots. The dots are numbered 1-2-3 from top to bottom on the left side of the cell and 4-5-6 from top to bottom on the right side of the cell. Each Braille letter, word, punctuation mark, number, or musical note can be made up using different combinations of these dots. Braille can be written with a Braille writing machine (similar to a typewriter). It can also be written by using a pointed stylus to punch dots down through paper using a Braille slate with rows of small "cells" in it as a guide. This method of writing Braille compares to writing print with a pen or pencil.
Braille is the most common way blind people communicate. Through out next week I am going to watch videos and try to learn Braille as best as I can. Then soon I am going to try going 'blind' and see how different life can be.
This is the Braille alphabet.
Did you have fun learning braille? And can you post a picture of you learning braille.
ReplyDeleteExcellent information, Kasey! Very well-researched!
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