Braille: Unlocking the Code

In this exciting new video, the history and power of Braille is explored with commentary from successful Braille readers.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Braille
• Braille Literacy
• Blindness
• Reading
• Literacy

[kimberwolf1971]

They're just eyes. Some blind people's eyes look different -- they can't help it, it's just how it is.

[hawkinman18]

As a braille user, I can forgive the uneducated coments that have been made. I really do think that a majority of what people think about visually impairedness in general, is just simply a lack of knowledge. What you think is "creepy" could be the result of an array of illnesses which may have come from birth.

[DarkQuietWyattON]

@dakoata121212 If you go to the braille superstore (just google it) they will have all sorts of things to help you learn. If you still need help, send me a message and I can give you some ideas. I had to learn sort of cold turkey and that is where they bought many of the things for me to help me learn it.

[DarkQuietWyattON]

@hawkinman18 I was born sighted and lost my sight in an accident about a year and half ago. I have found braille difficult but it is giving me independence. If you don't have contact with blind people, I think you are just ignorant of it so if comments are made about people, I think it is just based on lack of experiences with people.

[dakoata121212]

@hawkinman18

Excuse me, could you please let me know where I can buy a cheap priced refreshable braille display? One that I can use for my computer. I can't seem to find one that is cheaper than five hundred dollars. It can be a very small one, I am not blind but I want to learn braille and I think it would be very easy if I had something like a braille display so I could learn to read it.

[TRose199308]

If I could go back and do it all over again, I would have learned braille as a child. Sadly, my counselor, teachers, and parents felt that I didn't need it. If I would have learned braille, I would have done a lot better in school and college. It was more very interesting to learn it as an adult.

[webboffin]

A very informative discourse on the benefits of Braille. I only looked this up because on a packet of Rennie Spearmint indigestion tablets had some Braille printed on the box. I was curious how the blind read what seemed to be unintelligable raised dots to someone like me who has always been sighted. The speed on the readers on this video is amazing yet quite achievable to those that have learned it. My finger tips have a hard job distinguishing characters on the tablet box but I am untrained.

[gallabi86]

What year is this documentary from?

[qualitystart]

great appreciated effort!

thanks

[The1JTA]

Excellent - and raises serious questions - if 80% of employed blind are Braille fluent, and only 10% of current blind students are taught Braille - what are the prospects for the 90% of current students for gainful and fulfilling employment?

[TimCereja]

Very good video. I'm not blind and know little about braille, but I've been very interested in it as a student of linguistics. This video gives a good explanation.

[sassygirly61]

i love this because it is so true