A Blantyre teen has explained how Braille, the system of raised dots that has enabled blind people to read and write, is as vital as ever.
Working with the country's leading sight loss charity, Royal National Institute of Blind People Scotland, Nicola McCrory helped mark the anniversary of the birth of its inventor Louis Braille (1809-52), the Frenchman who himself became blind at the age of four on Wednesday, January 4.
The braille system is based on six raised dots, arranged in two columns of three. Variations of the six dots represent the letters of the alphabet, punctuation and groups of letters.
