Louis Braille, the inventor of the raised-dot system of writing used by blind people around the world, was born on January 4, 1809. Braille, and the writing system that bears his name, gave millions ...

Two hundred years ago, the son of a saddler from a rural French village devised a groundbreaking tactile writing method of raised dots for blind people at the mere age of 15. Changing attitudes before ...

Chancey Fleet of the New York Public Library uses a graphic embosser to print tactile images for people who are blind or have low vision. For almost 200 years, the Braille system has turned the ...

"There is nothing more absurd, I think, than to have five or six different prints for the blind..." wrote Helen Keller. She would help change that. By Cori Brosnahan English Braille primer. Courtesy ...

Reading and writing are huge parts of everyday life. It’s easy to read things without even being aware you’re reading them. Those with severe visual impairment or blindness, though, may not be able to ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — In the early 19th Century, a French teenager at the National Institute for Blind Youth in Paris wanted more access to books since the raised text publications available to him ...

A boy with short brown hair runs his left hand over a set of colorful Braille Bricks attached to a square panel. Source: LEGO Foundation LEGO is rolling out a new toy to increase literacy in blind and ...

A blind artist named Mr Dot is planning to run a marathon guided by volunteers and AI technology. Find out more here.