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Braille was first a system night reading
Capt. Charles Barbier was a French army officer that used this system to communicate to other army officers during war in the nighttime, first because they could not see in the dark, and second so the other troops could not see what they were communicating. -
Braille was first thought of
When Louis Braille entered the school for the blind in Paris, he used the system of night reading with dots to read. When he was 15 he developed a six-dot “cell” system thought off of this night reading system. It originally had a 12 dot system but he cut it in half to 6 to make it easier to read and translate. -
First Braille machine
The first braille machine was invented by Frank H. Hall (he was also blind). The upper of the two metal plates of the machine, the guide plate, has cell-sized windows; under each of these, in the lower plate, are six slight pits in the Braille dot pattern. A stylus is used to press the paper against the pits to form the raised dots. A person using Braille writes from right to left; when the sheet is turned over, the dots face upward and are read from left to right. -
Helen Keller
Helen Keller was a blind and deaf author, she was taught how to read braille and that was a big impact on her life on how she became a writer. If she didn't have braille she probably wouldn't be as successful as she was. -
Braille Nowdays
Many things in the world have been adapted for blind people. Classroom numbers are marked with braille to help them know if it is the right room.