Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A method of writing or printing for the blind in which combinations of tangible dots or points are used to represent alphabetical letters.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- verb to transcribe in Braille.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A system of writing invented by Louis Braille, in which letters and some combinations of letters are represented by raised dots arranged in three rows of two dots each and are read by the
blind and partially sighted using thefingertips . - adjective Of, relating to or written in braille.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and who invented a system of writing and printing for sightless people (1809-1852)
- noun a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals
- verb transcribe in braille
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Examples
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However, not many books are available in braille due to cost and inefficiency.
Braille E-Book by Seon-Keun Park, Byung-Min Woo, Sun-Hye Woo & Jin-Sun Park » Yanko Design 2009
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It takes four pages of braille to fit the content of one print page. the average novel in braille usually has around tent braille volumes which takes up a lot of space.
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You know why all conservative political books also come in braille don't you?
Simple Tricks and Nonsense: Book review: The Book on Bush 2004
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She depends so little on her braille manuscipt, that, when she began to write her story more than a year ago and had put in braille a hundred pages of material and notes, she made the mistake of destroying these notes before she had finished her manuscript.
The Story of My Life Annie Sullivan 1905
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I had always done my work in braille or in my head.
The Story of My Life Annie Sullivan 1905
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I could not help laughing when you said you had been writing to me in American braille – and there you were writing your letter in English braille!
The Story of My Life Annie Sullivan 1905
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The story was written by Helen in braille, as usual, and copied by her in the same manner; I then interlined the manuscript for the greater convenience of those who desired to read it.
The Story of My Life Annie Sullivan 1905
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Uh, writing the color name in braille seems like the most convoluted and … okay, I’ll say it, dumbest solution possible.
Rubiks Cube For The Blind by Konstantin Datz » Yanko Design 2010
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If I can do that finally I’ll learn the colours in braille and I’ll do the cube without see it … I’m completely sure about that xD
Rubiks Cube For The Blind by Konstantin Datz » Yanko Design 2010
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My braille is a little rusty, but this doesn’t look like English braille.
Rubiks Cube For The Blind by Konstantin Datz » Yanko Design 2010
jmjarmstrong commented on the word braille
JM is sure he could learn braille once he got a feel for it.
May 31, 2011