listen french january january french educator inventor system reading writing use blind visually impaired system remains known worldwide simply blinded eyes result early childhood accident mastered disability boy excelled education received scholarship france student began developing system code allow blind people read write quickly efficiently inspired military constructed new method built specifically needs blind presented work peers time adulthood served professor institute enjoyed musician largely spent remainder life extending system went unused years death recognized revolutionary invention adapted use languages worldwide early life born france small town miles east paris elder siblings catherine lived parents hectares land countryside maintained successful enterprise maker horse soon walk spent time playing father workshop age child tools trying holes piece leather closely surface pressed hard drive point tough leather struck eyes local physician bound affected eye arranged met day paris highly respected surgeon treatment save damaged organ young boy suffered weeks wound severely infected infection spread eye likely sympathetic survived infection age completely blind eyes young age realize lost sight asked dark devoted parents great efforts uncommon era raise youngest child normal fashion prospered care learned navigate village country paths father grew seemingly peace disability bright creative mind impressed local teachers priests accommodated higher education education studied age combination intelligence permitted attend schools blind children world renamed paris family children leave household departed school february time affair provided relatively stable environment blind children learn associate system children taught read system devised school founder blind committed philanthropist devoted life helping blind designed manufactured small library books children technique heavy paper raised latin letters readers trace fingers text slowly traditional fashion appreciate helped books lack depth information kept books necessarily small raised letters complex process wet paper pressed copper wire children hope write young louis send letters home provided alphabet fashioned bits thick leather slow process boy trace letters outlines write sentences books came uncomfortable sizes weights constructed delicate greatly expensive obtain school opened total books despite promoted use zeal books presented new handsome system readily approved certainly better method existed blind read books sighted offer best results detect books crushing limitations nonetheless efforts provided breakthrough achievement recognition sense touch strategy reading personal limitation talking fingers language eye teacher musician read books repeatedly equally oral instruction offered school proved highly proficient student exhausted school curriculum immediately asked remain teacher aide elevated rest life stayed institute taught history geometry ear music enabled accomplished classes taught later life musical talents led play organ churches france devout catholic held position paris later system determined fashion system reading writing bridge critical gap communication sighted blind words access communication widest sense access knowledge important blind despised sighted people need pity need reminded vulnerable treated equals communication way brought origins learned communication system devised captain sources depict learning newspaper account read friend officer aware potential special visit school case willingly shared invention called night writing code dots impressed thick paper impressions interpreted entirely fingers letting soldiers share information battlefield having light needing speak captain code turned complex use original military form inspired develop system design worked ideas system largely completed years old night writing form efficiency uniform columns letter reduced raised dots published system second edition discarded difficult read smaller cells capable recognized letters single touch finger created raised dot system kind implement blinded process designing system designed interface based slate stylus tools metal strips slate created secure area stylus lines straight modest means constructed robust communication system bears stamp genius wrote french director like roman alphabet musical adaptation system soon extended include musical passionate music took meticulous care planning ensure musical code flexible meet unique requirements instrument published book system music means dots use blind arranged ironically book printed raised letter method system publications produced written works general education blind method writing words music revised republished mathematics guide entered use monograph dots form letters maps geometric figures etc use blind published original printed works remain available birthplace museum dots forth plan new writing system blind people write letters read sighted people called system combined method dot punching new specialized devised paper associated number table designed requiring permit blind writer reproduce standard alphabet introduction gave assistance friend working development device letters manner machine hailed great success exhibited world fair paris later life admired respected pupils writing system taught institute lifetime successors died showed interest altering established methods school actively hostile use school dismissed post history book translated child condition worsened adulthood persistent respiratory illness long believed tuberculosis age forced relinquish position teacher condition reached mortal danger admitted died days reached age legacy overwhelming insistence blind pupils system finally adopted institute years death system spread french speaking world slower expand places time european conference teachers blind cause championed international use increased rapidly able report probably institution world north_america eventually relented officially adopted schools blind united_states universal code english new variations technology continue grow including innovations computer email delivery service comprehensive system mathematical scientific centuries invention remains system powerful enduring utility honors tributes immense personal legacy described essay childhood home listed historic building houses large monument erected town square renamed square centenary death remains moved paris symbolic gesture hands left buried near home statues memorials found world commemorated postage stamps worldwide named lists influential time anniversary birth celebrated world exhibitions life achievements belgium italy struck euro coins india struck coin usa struck dollar coin honor popular culture accomplishments young boy holds special place hero children subject large number works juvenile literature appearances arts include american special young heroes french movie released english secret dramatic play early life music life subject song called louis composed halifax singer songwriter chair
Louis Braille