Braille

  • Dots-based characters
    PIC
  • Linear arrangements of 63 characters for handling 2D print arrangements (a2) and large variety of symbols (‘dd’, ‘4’, and ‘.’).
  • Many Braille conventions for different subject matters and different languages.
  • Nemeth braille is used for math in the USA
  • Translation of a textbook: at least 6 months and $6,000
  • 23 categories of mathematics, sciences, and engineering in the library of Congress catalog: more than 160,000 publications, only 55 in braille.
  • 74% of working age blind people are unemployed

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