The Boy Who Invented Reading With Your Fingers
How do you fit a whole alphabet under one fingertip?
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The story
Louis Braille lost his sight as a small boy and hated that blind readers had only giant, slow raised letters. At 15, in France in 1824, he shrank the whole alphabet into six little dots you can feel in one touch, and made reading fast for millions of people.
What you'll learn
- Braille uses patterns of up to six raised dots to stand for letters and numbers.
- A pattern small enough for one fingertip can be read very quickly.
- Louis Braille was only 15 when he finished his system in 1824.
- Kid takeaway: the person with the problem often sees the best solution.
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