How Do Blind People Write?
History of Braille Night writing was originally conceived in the early 1800s so soldiers could read dispatches without light. Louis Braille refined the system and delivered a way to read and write to the blind. Braille is a system of transferring the alphabet into raised dots on paper that you can read with your fingertips. Each letter, called a “cell,” is comprised of six dots in two vertical columns of three dots each. To read, you move your fingers over the dots and you are able to “see” the words. Many special tools are available to braille users so that they can write as well. Slate and Stylus Slate and stylus are used to indent the dot cells onto paper so that you can read them. The stylus is shaped like an awl with a rounded tip that you use to punch the dots on the paper. A slate is a hinged metal or plastic plate that has rectangular holes on the top panel through which the dots are punched and indentations on the bottom panel. These indentations match the groupings of six dot
