How does braille help people?

Answer 1

Braille affects daily life because it helps blind people see

Answer 2

Braille is a tactile writing system that enables individuals with visual impairments to read and write. By using raised dots to represent letters and numbers, braille allows people to access information independently, such as books, signs, and labels. It plays a crucial role in promoting literacy, communication, and independence for those who are blind or have low vision.

Answer 3

Without Braille, the blind population would be helpless and unable to read or write. This saves the blind from being stuck on the street as beggars like they were before Louis Braille invented the system so that people who couldn't hope to read, could do so.

Answer 4

Braille is a system developed for the blind in order to help them read. It uses raised dots, read by the fingertip, to replicate any symbol, which is used in text. This includes the alphabet, foreign languages, music notes, punctuation and scientific and mathematical characters. The Braille system is the most common method of reading for the blind and is recognised worldwide.

The benefits of being able to read Braille are:

• It is a code which can be self-taught, making it simpler to use than many other methods of communication for the blind.
• It is possible to read and write print, rather than just listen to audiotape and use a voice activated computer.
• A wide choice of books and magazines are available in Braille, reading can therefore still be a leisure pursuit.
• Braille can be used for many different types of labels such as food, medicine, DVD and CDs. This enables independence and the freedom to perform many tasks, which would not otherwise be possible without sight.
• Braille also increases independence in the form of travel, many lifts and trains now use Braille on the signs, increasing the ways the blind can move around.
• Games such as bingo and cards can be played by using specially adapted cards or boards. This enables the braillist to join games played with the family and peers.
• Many companies offer bills, statements and newsletters in Braille format upon request. Alongside some restaurants and pubs, again increasing the independence of the braillist.
• Braille can now easily be produced on a computer with translation software and a Braille printer. There are also many portable computers available and a soft display can be used to read text on a computer.
• Using such methods can enable braillists to produce documents for their own use such as notes or a diary. They can also print off letters and documents to be sent to others in standard letter formats.

Answer 5

I actually work at the Braille Institute so I can answer this well. Braille is the written language by which blind and visually impaired people "read" anything. Whereas we "see" words on paper and understand what they mean, the visually impaired "feel" them and are able to interpret that way. Braille is used in most publicly accessible areas including on restroom signs, ATMs, and anywhere else they need to be so that the disabled know how to use them. Braille is also used in books for the visually impaired so that the blind can "read" everything we read. The Braille "language" takes about two years to learn fluently.

Answer 6

Thanks to Braille, Visually impaired people can read things from cookbooks to toilet doors(if its womens or mens) and they can write too. Braille has changed the world:)

Answer 7

It helped people because it was easier to use in the blind peoples opinions then the embossing which was another way that was used to help blind people read and write.