Barely 16, Braille, then a student at the National Institute for Blind Youth in Paris in 1825, spent every waking moment outside class poking holes in paper, trying ... read more
Louis Braille got the idea for his writing system from a code used in the French Army called the Night Writing. This code used 12 raised dots to encode simple messages, so soldiers could read orders in the dark. Braille simplified and refined the code over many years, so it would be easier to read. read more
Louis Braille (/ b r eɪ l / ( listen); French: ; 4 January 1809 – 6 January 1852) was a French educator and inventor of a system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired. His system remains virtually unchanged to this day, and is known worldwide simply as braille. read more