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World Braille Day 2026
World Braille Day is a day that highlights the importance of independence and accessibility for people who are visually impaired or blind. It falls on January 4th of each year, to commemorate the birthday of Louis Braille, who was a Frenchman born in 1809. As a child, he suffered an eye injury and became blind. This led him to develop the system of raised dots that is still known as the Braille system, although it has been developed and refined since then.
The Braille system
The Braille system is a tactile writing system with six dots that can be combined to form letters, numbers and symbols. The system made written language accessible to the blind, opening up completely new possibilities for reading, writing, studying and working. The Braille system is one of the most important aids in modern history and continues to make life easier for those suffering from blindness and visual impairments around the world.
Braille displays
The Braille system also forms the basis of modern technology. A Braille display is one such example. It is an aid for people who are blind or severely visually impaired and converts text from a computer, mobile phone or other digital device into raised dots in Braille, which the user can read with their fingers. A Braille display increases independence in work, study and communication, improves reading and writing quality, provides faster navigation in digital interfaces and reduces the need for sound.