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Braille

System of writing for the blind. Letters are represented by a combination of raised dots on paper or other materials, which are then read by touch. It was invented in 1829 by Louis Braille, who became blind at the age of three.

A French system called BrailleNet was being tested in 1997 in schools and universities in the UK to enable Braille users to access the Internet using electronic Braille pads.



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The tip pushes down on each atom "like an atomic braille system," explains Yip-Wah Chung at Northwestern University in Evanston, Ill.
Blinded at the age of three in 1812, Louis Braille developed his Braille system of writing while a student at the Royal Institute for Blind Youth in Paris.
Two of these braille TDD devices on the market use a refreshable braille system, while another device embosses the TDD information as hardcopy braille on paper.
 
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