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The braille system was based on a method of communication originally developed by Charles Barbier in response to Napoleon's demand for a code that soldiers could use to communicate silently and without light at night called night writing. Barbier's system was too complex for soldiers to learn, and was rejected by the military; in 1821 he visited the National Institute for the Blind in Paris, France, where he met Louis Braille. Braille identified the major failing of the code, which was that the human finger could not encompass the whole symbol without moving, and so could not move rapidly from one symbol to another. His modification was to use a 6 dot cell — the braille system — which revolutionized written communication for the blind.
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The braille system was based on a method of communication originally developed by Charles Barbier in response to Napoleon's demand for a code that soldiers could use to communicate silently and without light at night called night writing. Barbier's system was too complex for soldiers to learn, and was rejected by the military; Braille identified the major failing of the code, his modification revolutionized written communication for the blind.
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Braille has been adapted to write many different languages, including Chinese, and is also used for musical and mathematical notation. There are a number of different versions of Braille, and consists of patterns of raised dots arranged in cells of up to six dots in a 3 x 2 configuration.
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This is the story of Braille, told in a very interesting way and how history had a hand in developing this wonderful script. The tale of Louis Braille is very entertainig and something we should learn to realise how blessed we are to have the gift of sight.
