How many people reading this article are still using a nearly 200-year-old reading and writing system — Braille — to access this blog post?
Other than me, I’m guessing not many.
In the UK, there are at least 60,000 people using Braille on a regular basis. Named after its creator, Louis Braille, this tactile way for visually impaired people to read and write uses a series of raised dots to spell out words.
Can you imagine creating a technology that will still be used 200 years from now? I guess the old saying “If it works then don’t fix it” really applies here.
It is the simplest of solutions that opens up a world of possibility for those, like me, who are visually impaired and rely on Braille to read and write effectively. Thanks to a combination of six dots, people with visual impairments are able to translate a whole
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