Louis Braille, who was born on 4 January 1809, invented a tactile reading and writing system that transformed the lives of countless people with severe vision impairments or blindness. Braille was ...

Braille was first invented as a way for soldiers to communicate with each other in secret without using lights or sounds BRAILLE is a writing system designed to allow the blind and visually impaired ...

KALAMAZOO -- Scott Davert is like a lot of other students at Western Michigan University -- he can't live without his PDA. He uses his to download books, to listen to MP3s, to check his e-mail and ...

The week before Christmas is Santa’s busiest time of year. And as he prepares to circle the globe on his annual gift-giving trip, he relies on some trusty helpers. One of Santa’s special helpers is ...

More than 200 years ago, Louis Braille invented a tactile writing system now used by millions of blind and visually impaired people around the world. There are braille systems for more than 130 ...

You know the visually impaired “read” by touching and identifying a system of raised dots called Braille, but do you know how Braille is written? January 4 was World Braille Day, and the Workshop for ...

1809: Louis Braille is born. He'll devise a tactile alphabet for the blind. 1813: Isaac Pitman is born. He'll devise a shorthand alphabet for quickly writing what people are saying. It's probably more ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Louis Braille, who was born on January 4, 1809, invented a tactile reading and writing system which transformed the lives of ...

Graeme Douglas has received research funding from a variety of research funding organisations, including: Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), The Nuffield Foundation, Thomas Pocklington ...