Louis Braille

&
His Incredible Invention
For the Blind

Samantha Luu
2005
Early Life
Louis Braille
was born on
January 4, 1809
in Coupvray,
France. His
father was a
recognized
leather maker.
 Early Life cont.
Louis was playing with an awl when
it slipped and punctured him in the
eye. Although he received the best
care, the infection later spread and
left him blind in both eyes.

Awl
 School Life
Louis Braille was
urged by a priest to
go to school. He sat
in the back of the
class and listened. He
developed great
memory this way. He
went against all odds
and excelled in
school.
Life at the Institute
Braille received a
scholarship to the Royal
Institution for Blind Youth
at the age of 10.

He excelled in
his studies as
well as knitting,
piano, and the
organ.
 Life at the Institute cont.
Captain Charles
Barbier de la
Serre invented
sonography for
military usage
and tried to use
the system for
the blind.
Sonography Chart
 Life at the Institute cont.
Louis was frustrated
with the current
reading system and
yearned for books.
At age 15, Braille
simplified the
sonography cell
from a 12 celled dot
Braille Cell
system to a 6 celled
dot system.
 Later Life

Slate and
Stylus

Braille later served as a teacher at

the Institute. Braille’s alphabet was
often rejected although it was much
better and efficient than most
available systems at the time.
 Later Life He wished to
He died on have his body
January 1, 1852 of buried in
Tuberculosis. Coupvray but it
was later
Pantheon exhumed and
put in the
Pantheon after
everyone
realized his
contribution to
the world.
Braille-Seeing for the Blind
Braille is read by
running your fingers
over the raised print
on a flat surface.
Braille-Seeing for the Blind

Braille Blocks

Braille Alphabet
 Braille in Our World
Laws now allow
the blind to
bring seeing eye
dogs into public
buildings and
these laws
require different
signs to have
braille on them.
 Available Writing Tools
for the Blind
Raised braille keyboard

Different tools are Electronic note taker

available for blind

people to take
notes and even Slate and

write books. Stylus

 Spunky Sammy!
I love gymnastics.
Some other sports
that I like include
soccer, baseball,
tackle football,
tennis, and ATV’s. I
love the Florida
Gators. I live in
K’Vegas and really love it
there because it’s the middle
of nowhere. I’m SpUnKy! Hey
everyone who’s reading this!
 Bibliography
“Braille.” World Book Encyclopedia.
2003 ed..
Braille Bug. American Foundation for the
Bind. 25 April 2005
<http://www.afb.org
braillebug/default.asp>.
Braille Information Center. 2005. The
Canadian National Institute for the
Blind. 28 April 2005 <http://www.cnib.
 Bibliography
Davidson, Margaret. Louis Braille the
Boy Who Invented Books for the
Blind. New York, NY: Scholastic
Inc, 1971.
Highlights. National Braille Press. 2
May
2005<http://www.nbp.org/ic/ nbp>.