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Braille

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Braille or braille  (brl)
n.
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.
tr.v. Brailled or brailled, Braill·ing or braill·ing, Brailles or brailles
To print or transliterate using this system.

[After Louis Braille.]
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Braille
Braille alphabet and numerals

Braille, Louis 1809-1852.
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.

Braille [breɪl]
n
1. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) a system of writing for the blind consisting of raised dots that can be interpreted by touch, each dot or group of dots representing a letter, numeral, or punctuation mark
2. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) any writing produced by this method Compare Moon1
vb
(Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to print or write using this method

Braille2
n
(Biographies / Braille, Louis (1809-1852) M, French, TECHNOLOGY: inventor, MUSIC: musician, EDUCATION: teacher of the blind) Louis (lwi). 1809-52, French inventor, musician, and teacher of the blind, who himself was blind from the age of three and who devised the Braille system of raised writing
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.BrailleBraille - 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)
2.braille - a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals
point system - a system of writing or printing using patterns of raised dots that can be read by touch
Verb1.braille - transcribe in braille
transliterate, transcribe - rewrite in a different script; "The Sanskrit text had to be transliterated"
Translations
Braille [breɪl]
A. NBraille m
B. CPD Braille library Nbiblioteca f Braille

Braille [ˈbreɪl] nbraille m

Braille
adjBlindenschrift-; Braille libraryBlindenbücherei f; Braille booksBücher plin Blindenschrift

Braille [breɪl] nbraille m
Braille [breɪl] nbraille m

braille
n braille [breil]
a system of printing for the blind, using raised dots. brailleskrif طريقة برايل للقراءه система за писане/печатане за слепи с изпъкнал шрифт slepecké písmo blindskrift die Blindenschrift σύστημα γραφής μπράιγ (για όσους αντιμετωπίζουν προβλήματα όρασης) Braille pimedate kiri خط بریل pistekirjoitus braille כְּתַב בְרָיִיל उत्कीर्ण लेख, अंधों के लिए उभरी हुई लिपि Brailleovo pismo vakírás huruf braille blindraletur braille 点字 브라유 점자법 Brailio raštas Braila / neredzīgo raksts tulisan braille braille blindeskrift alfabet Braille`a braille Braille система шрифта для слепых slepecké písmo Braillova pisava Brajeva azbuka blindskrift ระบบการพิมพ์อักษรเบรลล์สำหรับคนตาบอด Breyl Alfabesi, körler alfabesi 點字 шрифт Брайля نابیناؤں کے لئے نقطوں والی بینائی chữ Bray (chữ nổi cho người mù)


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Especially focusing on children from birth through age 7, Children with Visual Impairments covers issues such as treatment options and medical problems, the development of a visually impaired child, how to nurture self-esteem, legal issues, cultivating literacy, helping children learn Braille and becoming familiar with it oneself, dealing with problems of orientation and mobility, and much more.
Of course, in the spirit of inclusion, we'll soon need to post the same signs in 18 other languages, and Braille, too.
Members of the California Council of the Blind have tested these for readability and found the Braille to be very readable.
 
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