Reading With Your Hands!

Military Communication

1819

Capt. Charles Barbier created a system for night time military communication. The system had twelve dots and was used by soldiers.

Braille has been invented!

1824

Louis Braille, created braille based of of night writing. Instead of 12 dots Louis created a 6 dot system. The system quickly spread around the National Institute of Blind Children, which was the school that Louis went to.

Braille Around the School

1854

The National Institute for Blind Children didn't even officially adopt braille until two years after Louis Braille passes

In English too

1932

The english speaking world didn't have a clue to what braille was until agencies from Great Britain and United States met up and agreed on a system called English Standard Braille.

Finalizing Braille

1965

There have been several minor changes made to braille over the years, like adding punctuation, and further improving the system. The last adjustment made was to add in mathematic signs, and braille hasn't changed since.