If a family wanted its children to attend school, it would have to pay an expensive fee. Furthermore, there were an extremely limited amount of schools designated for blind students; during this era in history, if a blind student did not attend school he or she often ended up unemployed and most of the time, homeless. Luckily, Louis Braille was able to attend school, which led him to discovering his ground-breaking means of communication. Prior to Louis’ creation, several others attempted to create a system such as Braille, with the intention of enabling blind people to read and write. However, Braille emerged as the only system that could be utilized in several subjects ranging from math to music. In addition, Charles Barbier’s invention of the slate, a plastic, rectangular box composed of several small square openings inside of it, and stylus, a pen-like structure used to write, made it easy for blind people to write and read without help. Finally, Louis’ system could be translated into several different languages, making the system effective
If a family wanted its children to attend school, it would have to pay an expensive fee. Furthermore, there were an extremely limited amount of schools designated for blind students; during this era in history, if a blind student did not attend school he or she often ended up unemployed and most of the time, homeless. Luckily, Louis Braille was able to attend school, which led him to discovering his ground-breaking means of communication. Prior to Louis’ creation, several others attempted to create a system such as Braille, with the intention of enabling blind people to read and write. However, Braille emerged as the only system that could be utilized in several subjects ranging from math to music. In addition, Charles Barbier’s invention of the slate, a plastic, rectangular box composed of several small square openings inside of it, and stylus, a pen-like structure used to write, made it easy for blind people to write and read without help. Finally, Louis’ system could be translated into several different languages, making the system effective