World Braille Day

First, some terminology. Braille is a tactile system. What does tactile mean?

• pertaining to the sense of sight.

• pertaining to the sense of touch.

• pertaining to the sense of hearing.

A little more basic terminology: Print is, well, printed. What is the process to create braille?

• It is printed.

• It is embossed.

• None of the above.

Who invented the Braille system?

• George Stevenson

• Helen Keller

• Louis Braille

Braille started out as a military code.

• True

• False

• Not sure

It is a common misconception that Braille is actually a language. Braille is a tactile _____________ that can be used to write almost any language. (alphabet / script)

National Federation of the Blind cited statistics indicating that only 10 percent of Americans with blindness can read braille. This states that the number has been falling as more people with visual impairments use audio books, voice-recognition software and other technology to read and write.

State whether the above statement is true of false.

• false

• true

There’s a special version of braille just for mathematics called the __________________ Code.

• Nemeth

• Zenith

• Tenth

• None of the above

The braille _______________ are for the blind students, sponsored by the Los Angeles-based Braille Institute. More than 1,400 students from the U.S. and Canada test their braille skills in categories like reading comprehension, proofreading and spelling.

• Paralympics

• Olympics

There’s a / an ______________ named Braille. NASA made it in honor of Louis Braille.

• star

• comet

• asteroid

Name the country who first recognized the braille system two years after Louis Braille's death.

• America

• Russia

• France