Braille script

Information about the Braille Script.

1. THE BRAILLE SCRIPT Jyothish M Asst. Professor Amrita Vishwavidyapeetham Universtiy

2. What is Braille? Braille is a system of writing and printing for people how are blind or visually impaired, in which varied arrangements of raised dos representing letters and numerals are identified by touch.

3. Who developed it? 1809- 1852

4. Louis Braille Born in Paris Became blind because of infection, at age 3 Went to regular school- brilliant student Scholarship to study at Royal Institution for Blind Youth Re-invented Charles Barbier’s ‘night reading it to present-day Braille system in 1824, at age 15 Standard English Braille adopted in 1932 First blind teacher at RIBY

5. Braille system

6. 3 levels of coding in Braille Grade 1 ( uncontracted Braille) a letter-by-letter transcription Braille characters are much larger than their printed equivalents, and the standard 11" by 11.5" (28 cm × 30 cm) page has room for only 25 lines of 43 characters. To reduce space and increase reading speed, most Braille alphabets and orthographies use ligatures, abbreviations, and contractions. Grade 2 (contracted Braille) an addition of abbreviations and contractions Grade 3 various non-standardized personal  shorthands

7. (Unified English Braille- International Council on English Braille, 2004)

8. Comparison of Braille codes

9. Braille codes in all languages

10. Braille technology Braille translation software Braille computers (obviously no screen!) Braille watch Talking watches Braille phone (2014) UK and Australia Ron McCallum: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoTSdOkjEVs

11. Braille can be used everywhere!

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13. Example of a table Title Title Data Data Note: PowerPoint does not allow have nice default tables – but you can cut and paste this one

14. Example of a chart (4 colours)

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