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Braille Facts

Audio recordings and synthesized speech are useful tools, but they can't replace the ability to read and write.

Braille is a writing system, not a language

For many Canadians who are blind, braille is an essential medium of literacy

In the world of vision loss, the invention of braille must be compared to the invention of the printing press – its birth was nothing short of a revolution.

Listening is not literacy

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