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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

	Braille \Braille\, n.
   A system of printing or writing for the blind in which the
   characters and numerals are represented by patterns of raised
   tangible points or dots. It was invented by Louis Braille, a
   French teacher of the blind.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

	braille \braille\ v.
   1. to transcribe in Braille.
      [WordNet 1.5]

Source: WordNet (r) 2.0

	Braille
     n 1: French educator who lost his sight at the age of three and
          who invented a system of writing and printing for
          sightless people (1809-152) [syn: Louis Braille]
     2: a point system of writing in which patterns of raised dots
        represent letters and numerals
     v : transcribe in Braille

Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

	22 Moby Thesaurus words for "Braille":
   Boston type, New York point, Optacon, Pathsounder, Seeing Eye dog,
   Visotoner, cane, embosser, guide dog, high-speed embosser,
   line letter, noctograph, optophone, personal sonar, sensory aid,
   sight-saver type, string alphabet, talking book,
   ultrasonic spectacles, visagraph, writing frame, writing stamps

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

	braille
     
         /breyl/ (Often capitalised) A class of
        writing systems, intended for use by blind and low-vision
        users, which express glyphs as raised dots.  Currently
        employed braille standards use eight dots per cell, where a
        cell is a glyph-space two dots across by four dots high; most
        glyphs use only the top six dots.
     
        Braille was developed by Louis Braille (pronounced /looy
        bray/) in France in the 1820s.  Braille systems for most
        languages can be fairly trivially converted to and from the
        usual script.
     
        Braille has several totally coincidental parallels with
        digital computing: it is binary, it is based on groups of
        eight bits/dots and its development began in the 1820s, at the
        same time Charles Babbage proposed the Difference Engine.
     
        Computers output Braille on braille displays and braille
        printers for hard copy.
     
        British Royal National Institute for the Blind
        (http://www.rnib.org.uk/wesupply/fctsheet/braille.htm).
     
        (1998-10-19)

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