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Braille

noun

French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852). Synonym: Louis Braille.

A point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals.

verb

Transcribe in braille.

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"Braille" Quotes from Famous Books

... three degrees, Mr. North. When my wife became ill and I began to care for them I taught them to read braille. They picked it up very quickly, though they showed little continued interest in it. I read a number of books in the field of teaching handicapped children ..." He ...

— Now We Are Three • Joe L. Hensley

... what it's best to do. I'll sell the farm and I'll seek my kind, I'll live apart with my fellow-blind, And we'll eat and drink, and we'll laugh and joke, And we'll talk of our battles, and smoke and smoke; And brushes of bristle we'll make for sale, While one of us reads a book of Braille. And there will be music and dancing too, And we'll seek to fashion our life anew; And we'll walk the highways hand in hand, The Brotherhood of the Sightless Band; Till the years at last shall bring respite And our night is lost in ...

— Ballads of a Bohemian • Robert W. Service

... means braille, audio, or digital text which is exclusively for use by blind or other persons ...

— Copyright Law of the United States of America and Related Laws Contained in Title 17 of the United States Code, Circular 92 • Library of Congress. Copyright Office.