{"id":2610,"date":"2014-11-09T14:11:00","date_gmt":"2014-11-09T14:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pharmabraille.genpra.net\/?page_id=2610"},"modified":"2017-07-09T16:20:44","modified_gmt":"2017-07-09T16:20:44","slug":"what-is-braille","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.pharmabraille.com\/pharmaceutical-braille\/what-is-braille\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Braille"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Louis Braille<\/p><\/div>\n

Braille is a tactile system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired.<\/p>\n

Braille is named after its creator Louis Braille<\/strong> (1809 \u2013 1852). In 1824, at the age of 15, Braille presented his ideas for a system of tactile code that could allow blind people to read and write quickly and efficiently.<\/p>\n

Braille is not a language, it is another way to read and write a language. Characters are represented by an arrangement of raised dots. Each braille character or cell is made up of six dot positions, arranged in a rectangle comprising of two columns of three dots. A dot may be raised at any of the six positions to form many combinations. Counting the space in which no dots are raised, there are sixty four such combinations.<\/p>\n

\"BrailleFor reference purposes, a particular combination may be described by naming the positions where dots are raised, the positions being universally numbered 1 through 3 from top to bottom on the left and 4 through 6 from top to bottom on the right for example, dots 1-3-4 would represent a cell with three dots raised, at the tip and bottom in the left column and on the top right of the right column.<\/p>\n

Braille characters are three dimensional tactile bumps on a medium such as paper or board. In order for these bumps to be represented, viewed, checked and controlled on digital artwork the designer places appropriately sized and spaced filled circles\u00a0on the artwork layout. The circles\u00a0can be constructed from a\u00a0simple grid of dots, but the most efficient method of creating braille print artwork\u00a0is with a braille font<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Braille Transcription<\/h2>\n

It is possible to transcribe braille by simply substituting the equivalent braille character for its printed equivalent, such a character-by-character transcription, known as Grade 1 braille<\/strong>.\u00a0Grade 1 braille is recommended for pharmaceutical and medicines packaging<\/strong>. The braille alphabet<\/a>, numbers and symbols of Grade 1 (uncontracted braille) differ around the world.\u00a0Refer to the braille codes<\/a> area for more information on country codes.<\/p>\n

Braille characters are much larger than their printed equivalents, and the standard 28 cm \u00d7 28 cm page has room for only 25 lines of 40 characters. To reduce space and increase reading speed, virtually all Braille books are transcribed in what is known as Grade 2 braille<\/strong>, which uses a system of contractions to reduce space and speed the process of reading.<\/p>\n

Grade 3 braille<\/strong> is a system that includes many additional contractions, almost a shorthand; it is not used for publication, but is used mostly for individuals for their personal convenience.<\/p>\n

Pharmaceutical Braille guidelines<\/a> recommend Grade 1 Braille (un-contracted Braille).\u00a0PharmaBraille fonts are Grade 1 braille<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Braille is a tactile system of reading and writing for use by the blind or visually impaired. Braille is named after its creator Louis Braille (1809 \u2013 1852). In 1824, at the age of 15, Braille presented his ideas for a system of tactile code that could allow blind people to read and write quickly […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":2586,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pharmabraille.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pharmabraille.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pharmabraille.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pharmabraille.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pharmabraille.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2610"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.pharmabraille.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2610\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pharmabraille.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pharmabraille.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}