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The Braille Alphabet
The Braille alphabet was designed by Louis Braille for blind people. Louis was born in 1809 and died in 1852. Each letter is arranged into a combination of one to six raised dots. Each dot has a numbered place in the braille cell. These characters make up the letters of the alphabet, punctuation marks, numbers, and everything else you can do with the regular alphabet.
Here's what the Braille Cells looked like:
Louis Braille
Louis Braille was born in a small town called Coupvry which is near Paris. Louis was born on January 4th in 1809. He became blind by accident. When he was three years old, deep in his father's workshop, Louis tried to be like his dad. But everything went wrong. Louis grabbed an awl, which is a sharp tool for making holes, and the awl slid and hurt his eye. The wound got infected, and the infection spread, and soon Louis was blind in both eyes.
Do you want to learn more on Louis Braille? Visit Louis Braille's Biography.
If your interested in investigating deeper in the Braille Alphabet, like seeing what all the letters look like, then visit Braille: Deciphering the Code.