1853, from Louis Braille (1809-1852), French musician and teacher, blind from age 3, who devised it c. 1830.

system of reading and writing for blind people using a series of raised dots.

a system of raised dots that translates English to a tactile code and vice versa.

The systems used to allow blind and visually impaird people to read. It uses raised dots for words and numbers and is found in an increasing number of public places.

n. a system of reading and writing designed for the visually-impaired and the blind. It is complete with letters, numbers, and punctuation marks. It also includes a set of musical and scientific symbo [..]

A tactile system of embossed print invented in 1829 by blind Parisian Louis Braille in which the letters of the alphabet are represented by combinations of six raised dots arranged in columns three do [..]

A tactile reading and writing system invented by Louis Braille in the 1820s and widely used by the blind and deaf-blind. Braille is made up of a system of raised dots that are felt with the fingertips [..]

Braille is a scripture that can be read by blind people with their fingers. It is a common reading and writing system for blind and partially sighted persons. It is not a language. It is just another way of writing and reading text.

A system of small raised dots that represent the alphabet, punctuation and numbers for the visually impaired. The ADA stipulates the use of Braille on signage in certain instances.

The dotted logo above says Google in Braille, a system for the blind to read using raised dots. Special printers can emboss paper. Readers provide a bar with raised pins to display a line of text. The [..]

(n) 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)(n) a point system of writing in which patterns of raised d [..]

n. braille

A pattern of raised dots that are felt with fingers to help the blind read.

A system of writing for people who are blind that uses characters made up of raised dots.

Braille is a system of printing for the blind, in which raised dots represent letters and numerals; a blind person reads by touching the dots. Computer Braille display devices use both electronic and mechanical systems to present onscreen text as horizontal rows of Braille dots.

A tactile writing system used by people who are blind or have low vision. CART [Communication Access Realtime Translation] –