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Braille (希拉耶盲文) is the most well-known language system (系统) used by people all around the world.
It is named after Louis Braille, who improved the way blind people read books following raised (凸起的) letters. Louis Braille was born on January 4,1809, in France. He lost his eyesight by accident when he was 3. Louis Braille went to a special for the blind in Paris in 1819. It was there that he to read, using raised letters. However, because the raised were made of paper pressed against copper wire, the students never learned to write.
Later the school a soldier (战士) to give a talk to the students. The talk was about a system called "night writing" that allows soldiers to silently, even in the dark.
Braille was in the system. He realized it could be used among blind people, too. He set out to work on it and in 1824, he introduced the reading and writing system. In 1829, Braille wrote his first book explaining his system. However, it was only after his that the reading and writing system caught attention and the most popular way for the blind to read and write around the world.
