Definitions for Braille
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. Braille, Louis Braillenoun

   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. brailleverb

   a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots represent letters and numerals

3. brailleverb

   transcribe in braille

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Brailleadjective

   Of, relating to or written in Braille.

2. Braillenoun

   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 the fingertips.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Braille

   Braille ( BRAYL) is a tactile writing system used by people who are visually impaired, including people who are blind, deafblind or who have low vision. It can be read either on embossed paper or by using refreshable braille displays that connect to computers and smartphone devices. Braille can be written using a slate and stylus, a braille writer, an electronic braille notetaker or with the use of a computer connected to a braille embosser. Braille is named after its creator, Louis Braille, a Frenchman who lost his sight as a result of a childhood accident. In 1824, at the age of fifteen, he developed the braille code based on the French alphabet as an improvement on night writing. He published his system, which subsequently included musical notation, in 1829. The second revision, published in 1837, was the first binary form of writing developed in the modern era. Braille characters are formed using a combination of six raised dots arranged in a 3 × 2 matrix, called the braille cell. The number and arrangement of these dots distinguishes one character from another. Since the various braille alphabets originated as transcription codes for printed writing, the mappings (sets of character designations) vary from language to language, and even within one; in English Braille there are 3 levels of braille: uncontracted braille – a letter-by-letter transcription used for basic literacy; contracted braille – an addition of abbreviations and contractions used as a space-saving mechanism; and grade 3 – various non-standardized personal stenography that is less commonly used. In addition to braille text (letters, punctuation, contractions), it is also possible to create embossed illustrations and graphs, with the lines either solid or made of series of dots, arrows, and bullets that are larger than braille dots. A full braille cell includes six raised dots arranged in two columns, each column having three dots. The dot positions are identified by numbers from one to six. There are 64 possible combinations, including no dots at all for a word space. Dot configurations can be used to represent a letter, digit, punctuation mark, or even a word.Early braille education is crucial to literacy, education and employment among the blind. Despite the evolution of new technologies, including screen reader software that reads information aloud, braille provides blind people with access to spelling, punctuation and other aspects of written language less accessible through audio alone. While some have suggested that audio-based technologies will decrease the need for braille, technological advancements such as braille displays have continued to make braille more accessible and available. Braille users highlight that braille remains as essential as print is to the sighted.

WikidataRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. Braille

   Braille is a tactile writing system used by the blind and the visually impaired that is used for books, menus, signs, elevator buttons, and currency. Braille-users can read computer screens and other electronic supports thanks to refreshable braille displays. They can write braille with the original slate and stylus or type it on a braille writer, such as a portable braille note-taker, or on a computer that prints with a braille embosser. Braille is named after its creator, Frenchman Louis Braille, who went blind following a childhood accident. At the age of 15, Braille developed his code for the French alphabet in 1824 as an improvement on night writing. He published his system, which subsequently included musical notation, in 1829. The second revision, published in 1837, was the first digital form of writing. Braille characters are small rectangular blocks called cells that contain tiny palpable bumps called raised dots. The number and arrangement of these dots distinguish one character from another. Since the various braille alphabets originated as transcription codes of printed writing systems, the mappings vary from language to language. Furthermore, in English Braille there are three levels of encoding: Grade 1, a letter-by-letter transcription used for basic literacy; Grade 2, an addition of abbreviations and contractions; and Grade 3, various non-standardized personal shorthands.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Braille

   brāl, n. and adj. a kind of type for the blind, having arbitrary signs consisting of varying combinations of six points arranged thus, there being sixty-two possible combinations of these six points. [From Louis Braille, the inventor.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Braille

   a blind Frenchman, invented printing in relief for the blind (1809-1852).

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Anagrams for Braille »

1. liberal

2. Liberal

How to pronounce Braille?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Braille in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Braille in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Braille in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Braille in a Sentence

1. Karen Ross:

   Part of the culture of the Braille Challenge is that we want to set high expectations for these students, it’s hard on purpose.

2. Henry Wedler:

   This Braille printer is a great way for people around the world who really don't have many resources at all to learn Braille and to use it practically.

3. Tiffany Zhao:

   I wanted to meet others like me, other visually impaired students that knew what they were doing in the braille department.

4. Annie Torre:

   The Insta-Braille is basically a child’s storybook. We remove the pages and put stickers on top of the dots on the pages.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Braille
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Braille
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille
4. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Braille
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=Braille
6. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Braille