Braille
noun
A system of writing and printing for blind or visually impaired people, in which raised dots represent the letters of the alphabet.
He learned to read and write in braille.
Often appears as...
- read braille
- write braille
verb
To write or print something in Braille.
All the restaurant menus are brailled for the convenience of visually impaired customers.
Often appears as...
- braille a book
- braille a document
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A system of writing and printing for blind or visually impaired people, in which raised dots represent the letters of the alphabet.
He learned to read and write in braille.
Often appears as...
- read braille
- write braille
verb
To write or print something in Braille.
All the restaurant menus are brailled for the convenience of visually impaired customers.
Often appears as...
- braille a book
- braille a document
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Tactile Reading
Braille is read by touch, not sight, with fingers moving over the raised dots.
Students are practicing to read braille with their fingertips.
Pro Tip 2/3Special Tools
To write in braille, tools like a stylus and slate or a braille writer are used.
She used a slate and stylus to write her name in braille.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Alphabet Exclusive
Braille includes symbols for punctuation, numbers, and formatting, not just letters.
This braille book has special symbols to indicate chapter titles.
Pro Tip 1/3Tactile Reading
Braille is read by touch, not sight, with fingers moving over the raised dots.
Students are practicing to read braille with their fingertips.
Pro Tip 2/3Special Tools
To write in braille, tools like a stylus and slate or a braille writer are used.
She used a slate and stylus to write her name in braille.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Alphabet Exclusive
Braille includes symbols for punctuation, numbers, and formatting, not just letters.
This braille book has special symbols to indicate chapter titles.
Pro Tip 1/3Tactile Reading
Braille is read by touch, not sight, with fingers moving over the raised dots.
Students are practicing to read braille with their fingertips.
Pro Tip 2/3Special Tools
To write in braille, tools like a stylus and slate or a braille writer are used.
She used a slate and stylus to write her name in braille.
Pro Tip 3/3Not Alphabet Exclusive
Braille includes symbols for punctuation, numbers, and formatting, not just letters.
This braille book has special symbols to indicate chapter titles.
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Video examples
I'm not your inspiration,...
Smiling at a television screen isn't going to make closed captions appear for people who are deaf. No amount of standing in the middle of a bookshop and radiating a positive attitude is going to turn all those books into braille. It's just not going to happen. I really want to live in a world
Video examples
Making a car for blind...
so since we start this project will be getting hundreds of letters emails phone calls from people from all around the world letters thanking us but sometimes they also get funny letters like this one now understand there where there's Braille on a drive of ATM machine but sometimes
Video examples
I'm not your inspiration,...
Smiling at a television screen isn't going to make closed captions appear for people who are deaf. No amount of standing in the middle of a bookshop and radiating a positive attitude is going to turn all those books into braille. It's just not going to happen. I really want to live in a world
Video examples
Making a car for blind...
so since we start this project will be getting hundreds of letters emails phone calls from people from all around the world letters thanking us but sometimes they also get funny letters like this one now understand there where there's Braille on a drive of ATM machine but sometimes
Example 1 of 2
Quote examples
Armistead Maupin
American Novelist
Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun.
Quote examples
Armistead Maupin
American Novelist
Like I've always said, love wouldn't be blind if the braille weren't so damned much fun.
Example 1 of 1
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