The way people communicate has evolved a lot in recent years, mainly due to technological advances, but there is still a deficit aimed at accessibility for visually impaired people, which will possibly be remedied little by little and with the collaboration of all.
Today it is already possible to find companies that use the Braille system to expand access to information. This has gradually happened through the use of embossed dots on medicine, cosmetics and food packages, on business cards and menus.
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This universal system of tactile reading and Braille writing was developed in France by Louis Braille, a blind young man, from Charles Barbier's system of reading in the dark, for military use. It is considered one of the most effective means of facilitating access to education and information for blind people, who face major challenges in their daily lives.
It is important that people are aware that prejudice becomes a barrier that tends to keep the visually impaired isolated from society. In this case, the difficulty of communicating or even the lack of access to information can make your prospects even smaller.
In order to help you communicate with these audiences and allow them to feel more included in society, the Faculty of Education of the University of São Paulo (FEUSP) has developed a platform that offers one free online course of braille. People of any age who are not visually impaired can participate, and the material is available in Portuguese, English and Spanish.
The learning system is made up of 63 symbols formed by combining six dots in a cell. The individual who sees it can read texts in braille just by replacing the common letters with the new symbology.
The course is developed using Virtual Braille, a graphic animation that aims to facilitate learning the system. With the symbols divided into groups of 10, the user can first see which dots form each Braille letter. In a second moment, each letter is repeated, in order to facilitate memorization.
After finishing the animation, the user can click on each Braille cell arranged to repeat the learning. From the second group of letters, when adding or removing just one point from the previous group, a new group of letters is formed, which accelerates the process even more.
Access the free Braille course here