Would Louis’ invention ever be used to help all blind people?
The story so far: Louis Braille spent his spare time at his school for the blind trying to improve on a night writing system so blind students could learn to read and write. Louis’ classmates at the Royal Institute for Blind Youth tried out his new Braille alphabet system . They were delighted to find how well it worked. Now they could take notes in class. Memorizing long class lectures wasn’t necessary any more. They didn’t need anyone’s help to read or write. Louis was very happy that his classmates liked his new code, but he wanted other blind people to be able to use it too. The school director wrote to the French government and asked if Louis’ dot alphabet could be made the official system of writing for the blind. In the meantime, Louis became an assistant teacher at the institute. His classes were very popular. He also spent a lot of time copying books into his code. He even added symbols so that blind musicians could read and write music. He eventually had a book published...