The incredible story of the boy who invented Braille | BBC Ideas
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- How 15-year-old Louis Braille invented a revolutionary tactile code for the visually impaired.
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Fun fact the photo of Louis is misunderstood. It was taken shortly after his death, and in life, he had kept his eyes open.
In 1824, a 15-year-old blind French boy, Louis Braille, developed an ingenious touch-reading system for those who couldn’t see. Braille’s system consisted of up to six raised dots in a small 3x2 grid called a cell. The position and number of dots could produce 64 different combinations, enough to represent each letter of the alphabet, basic punctuation and the numbers 0-9. With cells small enough for each character to be identified using a single fingertip, people learned to read text written in braille quickly. Today, braille books are accompanied by braille signs, typewriters and printers, all helping the visually impaired.
I am a descendent of Charles Barbier the inventor of night writing where Braille originated from .
That's cool. Night Writing is sort of the grandfather of Braille, Louis being the father, so that's neat. It kind of sucks though, because braille has its origins, technically because of Night Writing, in the Napoleonic wars. I suppose even war can create good things. Out of curiosity, have you ever been to the pantheon? I want to go there someday. I'm American. Also, have you ever tried learning Braille? A lot of people say it's hard, but it really isn't. There's a pattern to it, at least the alphabet, and once you know that, it becomes really easy. I didn't know the pattern until I was a teenager, because I started learning it when I was three, but as an adult, I suppose it's easier to learn once you know the pattern.
@@ZeldaWolf2000 No, I have never been there .I am in ,New Orleans ,Louisiana where Charles Barbier & family is buried there since most of the family settled South of New Orleans and Baton Rouge areas .
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I am a descendent of Hitler.
I am a descendent of Napoleon Bonaparte.
I was reading a Braille book while this video was playing in the background. Shout out to other Braille readers out there.
What book were you reading if you remember? I LOVE braille! It's one of my favorite things in the whole world.
Such a great person ...thanks for this information
I appreciate that this video goes into a little more detail than most. For one thing, they mentioned that Braille isn't a language, and they go into when it spread throughout certain parts of the world, and the fact that his hometown of Coupvrey kept his hands, which I think is cool. The only thing they don't mention, is that, although braille arrived in America in 1916, it wasn't used throughout the country officially until the 1940s, because they were stupid, and didn't think that a code made by a blind person for blind people would be better than anything a sighted person could make. There were multiple codes throughout America for quite a while, even in different schools, until they had a demonstration of all of them, and a letter from Helen Keller saying how much better Braille is than any other code, and they finally be grudgingly excepted that Braille is better. If you want to get more details on this whole story, it's called The War of the Dots.
i looked it up and couldnt find much on The war of the Dots.....sucks but thanks for the info
Coupvray (vray) is the actual name of Louis's hometown. Coupvray [kuvʁɛ] (letter p is not pronounced) is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.
Louis Braille, born 4 January 1809, was from a small town in France called Coupvray. He and his three siblings lived with their parents, Monique Braille and Simon-René Braille. Louis' father worked as a village saddler. (Wikipedia)
@@mariejosf The first part I did not know, the latter part yes I did. I did a report on Louis in eighth grade, so I know the story very well. I'm even currently improving my German by reading a German language book of the story, which is really fun!
Thanks for the information by the way. I do not speak French, and do not plan to learn it, because there are too many silent letters. English is complicated enough! And, as far as I understand, a large reason English is so complicated is BECAUSE of French, cause we keep borrowing too many of its words and spelling.
Also, funny story, because of my report on Louis in the eighth grade, in ninth grade, when we learned about all the French kings named Louis (Man there were a lot!), I was the only one who knew how to pronounce the name right. Drove me crazy when other people wouldn't. ☺️
Thank you so much for this Information!!
@@msgussiesplace you're welcome. Glad I could teach you something. ☺️
INCREDIBLE! Now I'll know who created the dots and dashes, when I go on an elevator! Thanks so much BBC Ideas! 🥰
I now understand why we need a braille
this is so very nice for the blind and low vision give the education program and this this is really thank you for make this decision
Remarkable story and man!~ WOW!~
Thanks for video
His tombstone wasn't in braille? 🤨
Wow! What a life changing idea! Amazing!
My brain cant comprehend how this is possible :/
Incredible so remarkable astonishing 💯🥶🥶💯🥂🇻🇮🙏😊amazing rest in peace braille
It's very important for us
Wow!!!!!****** Merci À Louis Braille!!!!***** Wow!!!!**** Thank You SO Much To Louis Braille!!!!******
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This is so cool
Very nice
It’s awesome!!!
This story is quite out of date now based on new research perhaps it would be good to look at the new papers based on primary sources that give a fuller picture not only of the contributions of Louis braille but also the very important contributions of the other young students at the school for the blind in France
Do you have any sources you'd recommend? I'd love to read them.
You forgot date of birth of louis braille
My teacher shared this link in the chat box
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Louis Braille considered are national hero???
awsome
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Ya i am who are u and from Which class u r from in Shiksha Bharati Global School
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whose here before neurolink
His story is sad!
its inspirational
*Braille is brainy*
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Dot Writing
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Wasn't he also a practicing Catholic? Amazing story.
So France invented the metric system and then Braille.... wheew
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Great story, but it is very sad that you could not find a narrator who could pronounce french names and words properly... What a pity.
PSA de Lachute I know right
I've found this in my Family and friends 2nd edition book grade 6. And I searched for this!
So sad Braille just died
Well I don't understand how did braille injured his one eye using owl did the parents haven't notice or how could he play with this ridiculous sharp tool it doesn't makes any sense at all I am very confused about it
I dont really see the point of this code
What do you mean? Isn't it obvious?
what is wrong with you? this is for the well being of people's information.
Aha! You mean you feel it.
Its a code from millitary by Lou Braile he invented it thats the start of Code Braile
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