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200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, professor (1809-1852)   
Countries : France
Year : 2009
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Louis Braille was the inventor of the Braille alphabet, the primary system of written communication for the blind the world over.
Blind himself from the age of 3, he became in 1828 a teacher at the Institut des aveugles (Institute for the blind) in Paris, where he invented, for the use of his pupils, a raised-dot system for writing which bears his name. The system invented by Braille was highly successful from the outset. Its embossed alphabet makes reading and writing possible in almost every major national language. Louis Braille’s invention enables blind children and those with seriously impaired vision to learn to read and write. Its impact became universal, thereby greatly contributing to the progress of literacy training.
  • Updated:29-05-2008 1:07 pm
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