France's main Braille publisher is in financial crisis after a bold decision to sell its embossed books for the same price as standard ones. Its future raises the broader question of whether printed Braille still matters in the digital age – as its staff and visually impaired volunteers believe it does.
2025 marked the 200th anniversary of Louis Braille's invention of the six-dot tactile writing system that opened the door to literacy for millions of blind people.
