Braillen.
/breɪl/, U.S. /breɪl/ Used attributively to designate a system of embossed printing for the blind, perfected by Braille in 1834. Also elliptical.In this system the symbols for the letters, etc., are composed of raised dots arranged in different ways. It was adopted as the standard system in England by the British and Foreign Blind Association, 1869–70.
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society > communication > printing > systems > [noun]
pantatype1803
phonotypy1844
Braille1853
society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > style of type > [noun] > type face or font > for blind readership
Braille1853
Moon1859
Moon1959
1853 E. C. Johnson Tangible Typogr. 22 System Braille..a system of raised dots..this new arbitrary system of dots [has been] adopted throughout the French schools.
1871 T. R. Armitage Educ. & Employment Blind i. 8 A modification of the Braille system has been suggested by Dr. Russ, of New York.
1871 T. R. Armitage Educ. & Employment Blind iii. 21 The reasons which have induced the Council to adhere to the original Braille, are briefly these:—1st. The Braille type is very generally diffused [etc.].
1887 A. M. Sullivan Let. 2 June in H. Keller Story of my Life (1903) iii. ii. 324 I gave her my braille slate to play with, thinking that the mechanical pricking of holes in the paper would amuse her.
1891 Daily News 21 Feb. 5/4 The assistant transcribed her answers, written in Braille, into the ordinary characters.
1930 J. M. Ritchie Concerning Blind vii. 126 Braille has reached the proud position of being the one and only system now in use.
1930 J. M. Ritchie Concerning Blind vii. 127 There was a dearth of music in Braille.
Derivatives
Braille v. transitive, to transcribe or print in Braille; to mark in Braille.
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society > communication > printing > systems > [verb (transitive)]
phonotype1850
Braille1956
1956 Bookseller 20 Oct. A select list of new titles Brailled and added to stock.
1964 Listener 5 Mar. 394/1 Their [sc. blind people's] cookers can be brailled for temperature markings.
ˈBrailler n. (see quot. 1951).
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society > communication > printing > typing > typewriter > [noun] > kinds of
typograph1820
printing key frame1851
dial writer1883
stenograph1891
stenotyper1898
stenotype1913
Brailler1951
electronic typewriter1957
manual1972
1951 Sci. News Let. 1 Dec. 352/1 Brailler, a typewriter for the blind... The only moving part is the Brailling unit which carries a small embossing head across the page.
ˈBraillist n. a person who transcribes Braille.
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society > communication > writing > writer > [noun] > transliterator > transcriber of Braille
Braillist1909
1909 Daily Chron. 15 July 4/4 A worker who is both a skilled musician and a skilled Braillist.
1944 A. Rohrback Volunteer Braille Transcribing 5 Qualified braillists began the transcription of books for libraries and schools for the blind.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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