Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A system of writing and printing for blind or visually impaired people, in which varied arrangements of raised dots representing letters and numerals are identified by touch.
- transitive verb To print or transliterate using this system.
- Louis,French musician, educator, and inventor of a writing and printing system for blind or visually impaired people (1829). He lost his sight at the age of three.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A system of printing or writing for the blind in which the characters and numerals are represented by patterns of raised tangible points or dots. It was invented by Louis Braille, a French teacher of the blind.
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- proper noun Louis Braille
- noun
braille - adjective
braille
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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For blind people, literacy hinged on being able to effectively read and write in braille, he told a ceremony at which dignitaries included diplomats from the United States and Canada, whose peoples are involved in various capacities in a Braille for Africa campaign.
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The Little Rock Resource Room offers high-tech amenities such as a computer that scans books and reads them aloud, a phone that allows parties to communicate by typing instead of talking and Braille typewriter and embosser that allows children to print documents in Braille from a computer.
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They've got sonar, but they also have to use what they call the Braille method.
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They've got sonar, but they also have to use what they call the Braille method.
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He is also starting to read in Braille so the e book sounds fantastic.
B-Touch Innovative Mobile Touchphone For The Blind by Zhenwei You » Yanko Design 2009
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Think about how much more expensive it would be to print anything in Braille than to do it normally.
Rubiks Cube For The Blind by Konstantin Datz » Yanko Design 2010
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I think perhaps Braille is a litle like this to the sighted ones as we do not (like Charles Bigot) understand the language but for those who can "read" the pattern of dots must open up a new and marvelous world of meaning and images and colour!
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Braille is a great idea, but very very few blind people have the opportunity to learn it.
Rubiks Cube For The Blind by Konstantin Datz » Yanko Design 2010
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Braille is designed for the blind as a kind of tactile alphabet.
Free Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror: The Basics of Flight 6 - Joyce Chng Blue Tyson 2010
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Braille is designed for the blind as a kind of tactile alphabet.
Archive 2010-06-01 Blue Tyson 2010
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