About braille


Braille is a character that the visually handicapped person reads by the sense of touch.

The character and the figure, etc. are expressed by combining the rising points. It is shown to be used in six of 2×3 in length in side points usually.

Kinds of the character that can be read by touching before braille how many have been designed. However, it was different from other methods in the point that braille not only was read but also the visually handicapped person it as for writing had enabled. Therefore, it is praised as a character for a true visually handicapped person. Now the braille of six point expression is used in a country all over the world,Braille is used by 100 countries.(Investigation by UNESCO in 1990)

Braille comes to be described in parallel as part of barrier-free or the universal design, and the mark "Osake", "Sake", and "Bi-ru" is being done by the hooch such as canned beers assuming that it is typical in recent years.

There is the one to express braille with Braille embossing printer and the equipment of braille display as peripherals of the personal computer, too.

In Article 37 of the Copyright Law, of Japan, it is provided that the book can be reproduced by braille.