LOUIS

BRAILLE

LA HISTORIA
The team:
DEL ARTE
Lara Victoria Vera Romero, Lauri Arias Antonella,
por César Ignacio Ballena y
Guadalupe Bustos Simonetti,
Agustina Nusbaum

Marcela Andrade
TEACHER:
Fundación Ensigna
Melisa
 WHO WAS LOUIS BRAILLE?

THE HISTORY OF BRAILLE.

INDEX
HOW DOES BRAILLE WORKS?

HOW WE REMEMBER HIM?

WHO WAS LOUIS BRAILLE?
Louis Braille was a French educator and
inventor known for developing the Braille
writing system, which revolutionized
communication and literacy for
individuals who are blind or visually
impaired. Braille lost his sight due to a
childhood accident, but he remained
determined to find a way for blind people
to read and write independently.
Louis Braille was born on January 4,
1809, in Coupvray, France.
And died of his illness on January 6,
1852, in Paris, France, at the age of 43.
When Braille was three years old, he injured one
of his eyes with an awl (a sharp tool used to make
holes in leather). Both his eyes eventually
became infected, and by the time Braille was five,
he was completely blind.
Although there were few options for blind people
at that time, Braille's parents wanted their son to
be educated. He attended school in their village
and learned by listening. An attentive student,
when he was 10 years old, he received a
scholarship to attend the National Institute for
Blind Youth in Paris.
The National Institute was the first school of its
kind, founded by Valentin Haüy to educate blind
students. At the school, Louis learned both
academic and vocational skills.
THE HISTORY OF
BRAILLE.
He also met Charles Barbier, who while serving
Braille was one of many people at the school
In the French army, invented a code that used
who found Barbier’s system promising; but he
different combinations of 12 raised dots to
also discovered its shortcomings. It was quite
represent different sounds.
complex (soldiers had had difficulty learning it)
Those who could not see would decode the
and it was based on sounds rather than letters.
dots by touching them. Its purpose had been for
Braille spent three years—from ages 12 to 15—
soldiers to communicate silently at night, but
developing a much simpler system. His system
since it did not succeed as a military tool,
had only six dots — three dots lined up in each
Barbier thought the system might be useful for
of two columns. He assigned different
blind individuals.
combinations of dots to different letters and
In 1829, Braille published Method of Writing
punctuation marks, with a total of 64 symbols.
Words, Music, and Plain Songs by Means of
Dots for Use by the Blind and Arranged for
Them.
 HOW DOES BRAILLE WORKS?
Braille allows people who are blind or have vision loss to make notes, to select the right floor while using elevators, to reference
materials, label the computer keyboard, and to read room numbers, among other uses. It eliminates the need to seek assistance to
accomplish basic tasks such as reading personal bank statements when it can be delivered in braille form. Being able to label everyday
items in the home increases one's independence.
The Braille System is not a language,
it's an alphabet.

With braille you can represent letters,

punctuation marks, numbers,
scientific spelling, mathematical
symbols, music, etc.
 Braille literacy has transformed the lives of those who are blind for nearly two
centuries. With the invention and evolution of assistive technologies such as screen
readers, many argue that Braille is no longer relevant and has become needless.

But actually, advances in technologies has introduced electronic braille, granting

braille users access to a large variety of materials through devices such as a
BrailleType, a single-touch text-entry system for touch screen devices allows the
blind user to enter text as if they were writing Braille manually.
HOW WE DO
REMEMBER HIM?
 JANUAR 2 EUROS
Y 4
World Braille Day has been proclaimed on
January 4 and will be celebrated every year
from 2019, in order to raise awareness of
the importance of braille as a means of
communication for the full realization of
human rights for blind people. and visually
The 2009 Belgian 2 euro commemorative coin is dedicated to the
impaired. bicentennial celebration of the birth of French educator Louis
Braille, inventor of the literacy system for the blind and visually
impaired that bears his name.
THANKS FOR
YOUR
ANTTENTION
"I love you" In
braille.