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October 8, 2014

Assistive Tech Presentation: Braille

Claire Bradley

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Development

Night Writing

✤ Charles Barbier created “Night

Writing” in early 19th century

✤ Dots represent 36 sounds of

French language

✤ Uses dots to represent sound’s

position in a grid

✤ Brought system to Institute for

Blind Youth in 1821

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Row Column

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Louis Braille

Cracking the Code

✤ Louis Braille lost his sight as a

child

✤ Came to Institute for Blind

Youth at age 9

✤ Spent his teen years testing and

perfecting changes to Barbier’s system

✤ Became teacher at Institute at

19

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Braille

Cracking the Code

✤ Simplified system ✤ Dots represent individual

letters

✤ Braille cell made up of 6

possible dot positions

✤ Pattern of dots represents

alphabetical order

✤ Grade 2 Braille uses

contractions to save space

http://www.afb.org/info/living-with-vision-loss/braille/what-is-braille/123 AMERICA, B. A. O. N. (1994). English braille American edition. Louisville, KY: American Printing Housefor the Blind.

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AMERICA, B. A. O. N. (1994). English braille American edition. Louisville, KY: American Printing House for the Blind.

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Rise and Fall of Braille

✤ Introduced in U.S. in 1869 ✤ Standard for teaching in 1932 ✤ Decline starts in 1963 ✤ Factors contributing to decline ✤ Stigma ✤ Shortage of teachers ✤ Technology

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Reversing the T rend

✤ Report from National

Federation of the Blind

✤ Require certification for

teachers

✤ Improve distribution of

resources

✤ Include Braille in curriculum ✤ Educating the public

National Federation of the Blind. The braille literacy crisis in America: Facing the truth, reversing the trend, empowering the blind. 2009. Retrieved fromhttp://www.nfb.org/ images/nfb/documents/word/The_Braille_Literacy_Crisis_In_America.doc.

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References

American Foundation for the Blind. 200 Years: The life and legacy of Louis Braille. Retrieved from http:// www.afb.org/LouisBrailleMuseum/braillegallery.asp?GalleryID=44. National Federation of the Blind. The braille literacy crisis in America: Facing the truth, reversing the trend, empowering the blind. 2009. Retrieved from http://www.nfb.org/images/nfb/documents/word/ The_Braille_Literacy_Crisis_In_America.doc. AMERICA, B. A. O. N. (1994). English braille American edition. Louisville, KY: American Printing House for the Blind. American Federation for the Blind. What is braille? Retrieved from http://www.afb.org/info/living- with-vision-loss/braille/what-is-braille/123. Charles Barbier. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Barbier