The incredible story of the boy who invented Braille | BBC Ideas

How 15-year-old Louis Braille invented a revolutionary tactile code for the visually impaired.
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[UnfoldingHinduism]

Such a great person ...thanks for this information

[eijikayauniversityofhecate]

Fun fact the photo of Louis is misunderstood. It was taken shortly after his death, and in life, he had kept his eyes open.

[alexisganias]

I was reading a Braille book while this video was playing in the background. Shout out to other Braille readers out there.

[trombonekathyj.]

I am a descendent of Charles Barbier the inventor of night writing where Braille originated from .

[ZeldaWolf]

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.

[DisciplesOnCampus]

INCREDIBLE! Now I'll know who created the dots and dashes, when I go on an elevator! Thanks so much BBC Ideas! 🥰

[LjcCastada]

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

[AmbientWalking]

Wow! What a life changing idea! Amazing!

[godlikenovauniverse]

Incredible so remarkable astonishing 💯🥶🥶💯🥂🇻🇮🙏😊amazing rest in peace braille

[burninintexas]

His tombstone wasn't in braille? 🤨

[philippephil]

Merci À Louis Wow!!!!**** Thank You SO Much To Louis

[ZonedOutWaves]

My brain cant comprehend how this is possible :/

[SufiyanSeman-yplk]

I now understand why we need a braille

[praveenchakravarthi]

You forgot date of birth of louis braille

[charliewarren]

This story is quite out of date now based on new research perhaps it would be good to look at the new papers based on primary sources that give a fuller picture not only of the contributions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

[tanyayadavandbivayadav]

My teacher shared this link in the chat box

[nicatbayramov]

Hello. Please answer question.
Louis Braille considered are national hero???

[eddiedeleon]

hindi mo pa hinihiling ibinigay na, NAGASAKI BOMBING and SHINTARO the BLIND SWORDSMAN the SERIES DIABETIC

[SydneyCarton]

Wasn't he also a practicing Catholic? Amazing story.