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Louis Braille had wanted the blind to gain access to the worlds of knowledge contained in books. When Helen Keller died on June 1, 1968 at the age of 87, she had not only read more than most ...
Ariel Dyer, a reference librarian at BC and liaison for the Shafter Library, said she came up with the idea after finding the company Seedlings, which produces books in braille. "Seedlings has a ...
Louis Braille) is used by blind and partially sighted people to read the same books and periodicals as those printed in a visual font. Braille is essential in the context of education, freedom of ...
It’s 200 years since Louis Braille developed the six-dot tactile ... and now I have the joy of reading braille books to my ...
Paddy McGuinness and Cherry Healey visit the Clays book factory in Suffolk ... Historian Ruth Goodman discovers the story of Louis Braille.
.MARSHALL, Minn. (AP) – Professor Lloyd White, who teaches German at Southwest Minnesota State University, has donated his vast collection of German Braille books to the Library of Congress. White’s ...