Louis Braille, who was born on 4 January 1809, invented a tactile reading and writing system that transformed the lives of countless people with severe vision impairments or blindness. Braille was ...

Braille was first invented as a way for soldiers to communicate with each other in secret without using lights or sounds BRAILLE is a writing system designed to allow the blind and visually impaired ...

KALAMAZOO -- Scott Davert is like a lot of other students at Western Michigan University -- he can't live without his PDA. He uses his to download books, to listen to MP3s, to check his e-mail and ...

The week before Christmas is Santa’s busiest time of year. And as he prepares to circle the globe on his annual gift-giving trip, he relies on some trusty helpers. One of Santa’s special helpers is ...

More than 200 years ago, Louis Braille invented a tactile writing system now used by millions of blind and visually impaired people around the world. There are braille systems for more than 130 ...

PITTSBURGH--An innovative device developed by Carnegie Mellon University's TechBridgeWorld research group to help visually impaired students learn how to write Braille using a slate and stylus is the ...

You know the visually impaired “read” by touching and identifying a system of raised dots called Braille, but do you know how Braille is written? January 4 was World Braille Day, and the Workshop for ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Louis Braille, who was born on January 4, 1809, invented a tactile reading and writing system which transformed the lives of ...

Graeme Douglas has received research funding from a variety of research funding organisations, including: Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB), The Nuffield Foundation, Thomas Pocklington ...