braille

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  1. A method of writing or printing for the blind in which combinations of tangible dots or points are used to represent alphabetical letters. There are several systems, which differ considerably in details and have undergone various modifications. Thus in the British system the base is a group of six dots in two columns of three dots each , from which the letters are made as follows: , etc. In the New York point system, which is extensively used in the United States, is the first base, the second. the third, and the fourth; and the letters are: , etc. This notation is adapted to indicate capital and lower-case letters, numerals, punctuation, abbreviations, syllables, and musical notes and signs.

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  • One printer printed the text out in braille, a second in regular print. —  Barr, Nevada - [Anna Pigeon 02] A Superior Death v1.0 HTML
  • The first day I had Elementary Greek and Advanced Latin, and the second day Geometry, Algebra and Advanced Greek The college authorities did not allow Miss Sullivan to read the examination papers to me; so Mr. Eugene C. Vining, one of the instructors at the Perkins Institution for the Blind, was employed to copy the papers for me in American braille. —  Story of My Life
  • I could not help laughing when you said you had been writing to me in American braille—and there you were writing your letter in English braille The facts about the braille examinations are as follows How I passed my Entrance Examinations for Radcliffe College On the 29th and 30th of June, 1899, I took my examinations for Radcliffe College. —  Story of My Life
  • The story was written by Helen in braille, as usual and copied by her in the same manner, I then interlined the manuscript for the greater convenience of those who desired to read it. —  Story of My Life
  • (1809 - 1852) The inventor of braille, a widely used reading and writing system for the blind and visually impaired (he was blind himself). —  Royal Pingdom
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  1. Named from the French inventor, Louis Braille.
 

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