Louis Braille, born on January 4, 1809, in Coupvray, France, revolutionised accessibility for the visually impaired with his ingenious tactile writing system. Louis, who lost his vision at the age ...

Braille was just 15 when he completed his alphabet of raised dots, produced using a slate and stylus. His invention was met with praise from some corners, and consternation from others.

Braille is the alphabet used by blind people to read printed text, and just like Victor points out - it looks like a bunch of dots. The refreshable Braille display allows blind people to understand ...

Braille has been helping ... adapted a complicated system of raised dots and dashes used by the French military for reading at night into a simplified alphabet that could be used by blind people.

Each brick, which features raised studs just like a Lego, represents one letter of the Braille alphabet. The bricks are then arranged into learning kits for students, which they can use to form words.

Braille is a code that enables blind ... arranged in two columns of three dots, which represent the alphabet. There are 63 possible combinations. People with sight impairments read from left ...