Louis Braille was born in the French town of
Coupvray, near Paris on January the 4th, 1809.
His father, Simon René Braille, was a harness maker and was married
to Monique. Louis often played in his fathers workshop, unaware of the dangers
of the sharp tools his father used in his profession. While playing, he stabbed
in his eye with an instrument used to punch holes in leather. The wound wasn't
very serious, but it infected and spread out to the other eye. At the age of 4,
he became completely blind.
But Louis was a very bright boy, and with help from
his family, he was able to receive a very rich education. He went to a
normal school, studying with kids who weren't blind.
Despite his handicap, Louis was one of the best students of his class. At the
age of ten, Louis went to the Royal Institution for Blind Youth in Paris. The
lessons were oral, but there were books available in a raised-print system,
invented by Valentin Haüy, the founder of the Royal Institution for Blind Youth
in Paris.
His system wasn't very efficient, though: the books contained large, raised
letters,
which took up alot of room, so the books were very large and heavy. Those books
were also very heavy. In general, Louis was a very good student, but he
distinguished himself from the others because of his musical talent. He played
the piano and the organ.
Louis got the idea for the braille alphabet from a
French army captain, Charles Barbier.
It was very annoying soldiers had to make light before they could read messages,
because the enemy could easily spot the light source and use it as a target. So
he invented a tactile alphabet, allowing soldiers who knew the code to read
& write messages at night, without the need for light.
He later saw the usefulness of his invention for blind people, and he adapted
his alphabet so it could be used by the blind. His invention was only partly
appreciated, but Louis studied and re-invented the alphabet, making it
especially handy for blind people. He used the spelling as a basis for the
alphabet, instead of the phonetics Barbier used. He also replaced the Barbier's
12-dot cell by a 6-dot cell. Due to his addiction to music, he also customized
the Braille system so it could represent music.
In 1829 he published a book, named "Method of Writing Words, Music and
Plain Song by Means of Dots, for Use by the Blind and Arranged by Them".
Before his death on January 6, 1852, his system
never really got accepted. But the next years, the popularity of the Braille
system increased dramatically. People realized the simple but powerful system
was the perfect means for blind to read.
Today, the Braille system is the standard reading
system blind children learn. People using the Braille system read almost as fast
as you are doing right now. -- Text courtesy of
Thinkquest
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Factsheet - Louis Braille
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Louis Braille was born in the French town of
Coupvray, near Paris on January the 4th, 1809.
His father, Simon René Braille, was a harness maker and was married
to Monique. Louis often played in his fathers workshop, unaware of the dangers
of the sharp tools his father used in his profession. While playing, he stabbed
in his eye with an instrument used to punch holes in leather. The wound wasn't
very serious, but it infected and spread out to the other eye. At the age of 4,
he became completely blind.
But Louis was a very bright boy, and with help from
his family, he was able to receive a very rich education. He went to a
normal school, studying with kids who weren't blind.
Despite his handicap, Louis was one of the best students of his class. At the
age of ten, Louis went to the Royal Institution for Blind Youth in Paris. The
lessons were oral, but there were books available in a raised-print system,
invented by Valentin Haüy, the founder of the Royal Institution for Blind Youth
in Paris.
His system wasn't very efficient, though: the books contained large, raised
letters,
which took up alot of room, so the books were very large and heavy. Those books
were also very heavy. In general, Louis was a very good student, but he
distinguished himself from the others because of his musical talent. He played
the piano and the organ.
Louis got the idea for the braille alphabet from a
French army captain, Charles Barbier.
It was very annoying soldiers had to make light before they could read messages,
because the enemy could easily spot the light source and use it as a target. So
he invented a tactile alphabet, allowing soldiers who knew the code to read
& write messages at night, without the need for light.
He later saw the usefulness of his invention for blind people, and he adapted
his alphabet so it could be used by the blind. His invention was only partly
appreciated, but Louis studied and re-invented the alphabet, making it
especially handy for blind people. He used the spelling as a basis for the
alphabet, instead of the phonetics Barbier used. He also replaced the Barbier's
12-dot cell by a 6-dot cell. Due to his addiction to music, he also customized
the Braille system so it could represent music.
In 1829 he published a book, named "Method of Writing Words, Music and
Plain Song by Means of Dots, for Use by the Blind and Arranged by Them".
Before his death on January 6, 1852, his system
never really got accepted. But the next years, the popularity of the Braille
system increased dramatically. People realized the simple but powerful system
was the perfect means for blind to read.
Today, the Braille system is the standard reading
system blind children learn. People using the Braille system read almost as fast
as you are doing right now. -- Text courtesy of
Thinkquest
Research Links
RNIB
Factsheet - Louis Braille
Louis Braille. One day a small boy crept into his father's
workshop to play. He had often seen ...
Description: Blinded early in life, this
French man went on to invent a way for the blind to read.
Louis Braille
The Story of Louis Braille. There was a time, not
long ago, when most people thought that blind ...
Description: About the French man who
invented a way for the blind to read.
Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille : page
d'accueil
... américain spécialisé en déficience visuelle, l'Institut Nazareth et
Louis-Braille
représente encore aujourd'hui la plus importante concentration de ...
Braille
Information Centre: Louis Braille
site map c n i b home french home page tips on accessibility The Canadian
National
Institute for the Blind. Braille Information Centre. Louis Braille. ...
Louis Braille
Louis Braille (1/4/1809 - 1/6/1852). Year, Description. ... blind.
1852, Louis Braille dies of TB. Links: Louis ...
History
of Louis Braille and the Braille Story
... Brailled tablet. Louis Braille was a Capricorn, born on January 4, 1809, in
the
village of Coupvray, which lies approximately 50 kilometers east of Paris. ...
MyFonts.com: Louis Braille
... Brady Branczyk index. Louis Braille France. b. Coupvray, near
Paris, 1809 d. 1852. Activities, Alphabet Conception, ...
Facts About Louis Braille's
Birthplace
Facts About Louis Braille's Birthplace. Copyright 1995 by the National
Federation of the Blind. ... LOUIS BRAILLE'S ACHIEVEMENT. ...
www.louisbraillecenter.org
Louis Braille Center. ... We would like to hear from you. Please contact us at:
Louis
Braille Center 320 Dayton Street, Suite 125 Edmonds, WA 98020-3590. ...
Louis Braille
... Sign-up Now! Louis Braille. Louis Braille was born on January 4th, 1809 in
Coupvray,
France to Monique and Simon Braille. At the age of three Louis lost his ...
BrailleMaster
Resource Page - Louis Braille
Louis Braille Memorial. The life story of Louis Braille has been published
frequently.
Born in 1809, having lost his sight to an accident at the age of three ...
Now,
I Can See ~ Louis Braille
... Now, I Can See ~ Louis Braille. ... Out of Darkness : The Story of Louis
Braille Here's
another children's book on Louis Braille for children 9 to 12 years old. ...
Louis Braille
... Louis Braille(1809-1852) Have you ever seen on the elevator those little
bumps by
the floor buttons? Well those bumps are the way blind people read and write ...
Vision
Australia Foundation - Louis Braille Audio
... Skip to bottom of page. ... Louis Braille Audio. -- Junior Fiction -- Adult
Fiction
-- Non-fiction This page contains the following information: ...
Louis
Braille
... Sign up for: YourName@LouisBraille.com. Louis Braille. 1809-1852. Educator
&
Inventor of the Braille Alphabet. Start your search on Louis Braille. ...
A picture book of Louis
Braille (in MARION)
A picture book of Louis Braille. Title: A picture book of Louis Braille / David
A. Adler ; illustrated by John & Alexandra Wallner. ... Edition: 1st ed.
Subject: ...
Louis Braille et l'écriture
braille SNOF
... Louis Braille. inventeur des six points magiques. ... L'alphabet
braille. Les origines de Louis Braille. ...
Médiathèque
... La salle Louis-Braille (fermée, réouverture le 1er décembre) La salle
Louis-Braille
rassemble, pour les personnes déficientes visuelles, des équipements ...
Institut Nazareth et
Louis-Braille - Bibliothèque
... LA BIBLIOTHÈQUE DE L'INSTITUT NAZARETH ET LOUIS-BRAILLE La première
bibliothèque
braille du Canada français a fait d'humbles débuts en 1911. Créée par ...
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