Braille

:This article is about the writing system. There is also an asteroid 9969 Braille

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Asteroid - 9969 Braille

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Braille is a tactile writing system used by blind people.

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Tactile - Writing - Blind

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It was invented by Louis Braille of France who was blinded in a childhood accident. At the age of 15 he modified a failed military system for reading orders at night without showing any light (night writing), inventing Braille. Braille's system is easier to read compared to night writing and some of its raised-dot competitors in that each symbol fits at once underneath the human fingertip. Braille also gave blind users the ability to write, a great improvement over embossed letter systems.

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Louis Braille - Night writing

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Braille is also notable for being a binary code that predated the invention of the computer.

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