How Braille works

Braille is a way of reading by touch. The letters are made of small raised dots, and a person feels them with their fingertips. Your book, Santoor, shows the whole Braille alphabet on page 56.

Each letter has its own pattern of raised dots. So there is one Braille symbol for each of the 26 letters of the English alphabet, from a to z.

Braille needs more space than ordinary print, because the letters cannot be written too close together; the fingers must be able to feel each one clearly. So a Braille book is thicker than an ordinary printed book.

Braille is not only for people who cannot see. People with sight can learn Braille too, and then they can write short poems and stories in it.