Braille is a tactile writing system of raised dots that allows blind and partially sighted people to read and write. It uses a cell of six dots arranged in two vertical columns of three, with different combinations of raised dots representing letters, numbers, punctuation marks, and even contractions. Developed by Louis Braille in the 1820s, it’s a universal code used in many languages to provide access to written information, from books and music to public signage and medicine labels.

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