Braille continues to touch people's lives
It is 200 years since the birth of Louis Braille, the man who invented braille. This area of the website is dedicated to celebrating braille and the freedom and power it has given to so many blind and partially sighted people across the world.
Here you can find out more about how braille works and how to learn braille. Discover the role RNIB has played in keeping braille alive over the years and what we are still doing every day to provide resources in braille for people in the UK. Find out how we're planning to celebrate the life of Louis Braille throughout 2009 and keep up to date with latest braille news and events.
Personal stories
"Braille allowed me to cherish the beautiful words of well-wishers on our wedding day." Babs
"Because of braille, I can wish my Welsh friends a Bore da and Noswaith dda." Babs
"Braille showed me how to 'Strip without undressing'" Edna talking about the enjoyment of crossword puzzles.
"Braille helps me spend my £100 million on the best squad in Fantasy Football." Bob
"Thanks to braille, I can knit booties for my beautiful grandchild." Dorothy
"I can't imagine life without my braille alarm clock. I suppose I'd sleep in a lot." Edna
"Braille keeps me on top of every Test and one-day international from Bangalore to Birmingham." John
"With braille my fingers have the freedom to explore the delicate rhythms of love sonnets." Ruth
"Thanks to braille cookery books, I can rustle up a mouth-watering, Michelin starred lasagne in no time." Diane
"Six hands, eight hands of braille sheet music, one stonking rendition of Chopsticks." Jeanette
"Braille helped me make sense of mathematical modelling and linear algebra." Tony