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Show Literature for Blind Before Braille System One of the earliest systems whereby where-by the blind might read originated in Peru, where the alphabet was formed by knots on a length of string. In the Sixteenth century Francesco Lucas, a Spaniard, engraved characters charac-ters on wood for the blind, and in 1G10 an arrangement of movable metal type was used In France. This plan failed through lack of funds and the blind had to revert to the wooden letters let-ters and pins stuck In cushions. Other devices for the blind were Doctor Pin-seaux's Pin-seaux's frame with a small handle into which metal letters could be Inserted, In-serted, and a German scheme with letters cut in cardboard. Then Valentin Val-entin Hatty realized the possibilities of embossed paper. It was at this school that Louis Braille was a pupil and he saw the superiority of the point system over the many others, including Gall's Moon type, that were causing confusion. His method is now world-wide. The Koran has been transcribed into Braille, and the system sys-tem adapted to Chinese and Arabic. |