American Printing House for the Blind
“Child in a Strange Country”
Traveling Exhibit
Section 2: Reading & Writing
Revised Graphic Proofs Submittal 08.31.12
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“Child in a Strange Country” Traveling Exhibit Concept
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American Printing House for the Blind
“Child in a Strange Country” Traveling Exhibit Concept
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Revised Reading & Writing Graphic Proof Package 02
11-261 American Printing House for the Blind – Traveling Exhibit Graphic Description: Section 2: Reading & WritingFinal Size: 35.4375” x 78”
Hel
en K
elle
r had
a g
ift
for
langu
age
— ev
en t
hough
she
lost
her
sig
ht
and
hea
rin
g at
an
ear
ly a
ge.
In 1
88
6,
wh
en H
elen
was
six
, h
er f
ath
er w
rote
to M
ich
ael
An
agn
os,
hea
d o
f th
e Pe
rkin
s Sc
ho
ol
for
the
Blin
d in
Bost
on
, se
ekin
g a
teac
her
. So
me
mo
nth
s la
ter,
An
agn
os
sen
t o
ne
of
his
rec
ent
grad
uat
es,
An
ne
Su
lliv
an,
sou
th t
o A
lab
ama
to t
uto
r H
elen
. U
sin
g m
anu
al s
ign
lan
guag
e
dev
elo
ped
fo
r th
e d
eaf-
bli
nd
, co
mb
ined
wit
h
rais
ed-l
ette
r p
rin
tin
g u
sed
fo
r b
lin
d s
tud
ents
,
the
you
ng
teac
her
dre
w o
n h
er p
rogr
essi
ve
edu
cati
on
at
Perk
ins
to i
ntr
od
uce
her
stu
den
t
to t
he
fun
dam
enta
ls o
f co
mm
un
icat
ion
.
At
fi rs
t, t
he
task
see
med
in
surm
ou
nta
ble
—
teac
hin
g H
elen
th
at t
he
wo
rds
and
let
ters
Teac
her
sp
elle
d i
nto
her
han
d r
epre
sen
ted
real
-wo
rld
ob
ject
s an
d a
ctio
ns.
In
ab
ou
t a
mo
nth
, H
elen
su
dd
enly
mad
e th
e co
nn
ecti
on
:
W-A
-T-E
-R m
ean
t w
ate
r!!
Ob
ject
s h
ad
nam
es!
Fro
m t
hat
po
int
on
ward
, w
ith
An
ne
Su
lliv
an
’s
con
tin
ued
hel
p,
Hel
en K
elle
r b
ecam
e a
det
erm
ined
, ea
ger
learn
er w
ho
use
d h
er
new
fou
nd
to
ols
to
exp
lore
lit
eratu
re,
math
, sc
ien
ce,
geo
grap
hy,
an
d m
uch
mo
re.
As
Hel
en g
rew
up
, sh
e m
ast
ered
all
th
e p
op
ula
r re
ad
ing
syst
ems
for
the
bli
nd
, fr
om
rais
ed (
emb
oss
ed)
lett
ers
to v
ario
us
do
t co
des
. Sh
e als
o u
sed
a m
an
ual
pri
nt
typ
ewri
ter.
Her
favo
rite
sys
tem
, h
ow
ever
, w
as
the
rais
ed d
ots
fi r
st i
ntr
od
uce
d b
y Lo
uis
Bra
ille
in F
ran
ce i
n 1
829
. T
he
bra
ille
sys
tem
is
stil
l u
sed
wo
rld
wid
e to
ser
ve p
eop
le w
ho
are
bli
nd
or
visu
all
y im
pair
ed.
An
ne
Sull
ivan
an
d t
he
Per
kin
s Sc
ho
ol
Rea
din
g &
Wri
tin
g
“As
soo
n a
s I
cou
ld s
pel
l a
few
wo
rds
my
tea
cher
ga
ve m
e sl
ips
of
card
bo
ard
on
wh
ich
wer
e p
rin
ted
wo
rds
in r
ais
ed l
ette
rs.
Fro
m t
he
pri
nte
d s
lip
it
wa
s b
ut
a s
tep
to t
he
pri
nte
d b
oo
k. ”
— H
elen
Kel
ler, 1
90
5
Phot
o co
urt
esy
Am
eric
an F
oundat
ion f
or t
he
Blind
RW
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tro
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In 1
786
Val
enti
n H
aüy,
fo
un
der
of
the
fi rs
t sc
ho
ol
for
chil
dre
n w
ho
wer
e b
lin
d i
n P
aris
, Fr
ance
, cr
eate
d t
he
fi rs
t ac
cess
ible
bo
ok.
Its
pag
es w
ere
emb
oss
ed i
n r
aise
d
Ro
man
let
ters
. H
aüy’
s st
ud
ents
pro
du
ced
th
e b
oo
k o
n
a p
rin
tin
g p
ress
usi
ng
spec
ially
mad
e m
ove
able
typ
e
to e
mb
oss
th
e p
ages
wit
h r
aise
d l
ette
rs.
The
Firs
t Tac
tile
Bo
ok
s
“Th
ere
is n
o m
ore
dif
fi cu
lty
in t
each
ing
a b
lin
d p
erso
n
the
pri
nci
ple
s o
f re
ad
ing
, th
an
in
tea
chin
g o
ne
wh
ose
visu
al
po
wer
s a
re i
n t
hei
r h
igh
est
per
fect
ion
…”
— Va
len
tin
Haü
y, 1
786
Ess
ai
sur
l’ed
uca
tio
n d
es a
veu
gle
s
(An E
ssay
on t
he
Educa
tion
of th
e Blin
d)
Pari
s, F
rance
, 17
86
Va
len
tin
Ha
üy
(174
5-18
22)
“Fat
her
and A
pos
tle
of t
he
Blin
d”
Tact
ile
Rep
rod
uct
ion
of
Fren
ch b
oo
k
This
rep
roduct
ion p
rese
nts
a p
age
from
the
1786 b
ook
, Es
sai su
r l’e
duca
tion
des
ave
ugle
s —
the
fi rs
t book
eve
r pri
nte
d in r
aise
d let
ters
for
peo
ple
who
wer
e blin
d. T
he
rounded
for
ms
of t
he
lett
ers
are
sim
ilar
to h
andw
riting.
Th
e le
tter
s w
ere
also
inke
d in, fo
r th
e ben
efi t
of si
ghte
d r
eader
s.
The
Co
nst
itu
tio
n o
f th
e U
nit
ed S
tate
sPr
inte
d in r
aise
d let
ters
by
the
Am
eric
an P
rinting
Hou
se
for
the
Blin
d, 18
75
The
Co
nst
itu
tio
n o
f th
e U
nit
ed S
tate
sPr
inte
d in r
aise
d let
ters
by
the
Am
eric
an P
rinting
Hou
se
for
the
Blin
d, 18
75
RW
_A0
2
Tact
ile R
epro
du
ctio
n o
f F
ren
ch b
oo
k
Th
is r
epro
du
ctio
n p
rese
nts
a p
age
fro
m
the
1786
bo
ok,
Ess
ai s
ur
l’ed
uca
tio
n d
es
aveu
gle
s —
th
e fi
rst
bo
ok
ever
pri
nte
d in
ra
ised
lett
ers
for
peo
ple
wh
o w
ere
blin
d.
Th
e ro
un
ded
fo
rms
of
the
lett
ers
are
sim
ilar
to h
and
wri
tin
g. T
he
lett
ers
wer
e al
so in
ked
in, f
or
the
ben
efit
of
sig
hte
d
read
ers.
Th
e C
on
stit
uti
on
of
the
Un
ited
Sta
tes
Pri
nte
d in
rai
sed
lett
ers
by
the
Am
eric
an P
rin
tin
g H
ou
se
for
the
Blin
d, 1
875
RW
_A0
8(F
ren
ch E
ssay
)
RW
.02
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ter
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Bo
sto
n L
ine
Typ
e
In t
he
U.S
., S
amu
el G
rid
ley
Ho
we
use
d
angu
lar
Rom
an le
tter
s w
ithout
capital
s
to d
evel
op “
Bost
on lin
e ty
pe,
” p
rin
tin
g
his
fi r
st b
oo
k, A
cts
of t
he A
post
les,
in
1834
. H
ow
e’s
met
ho
d b
ecam
e th
e m
ain
emb
oss
ed t
ype
tau
ght
to c
hil
dre
n a
nd
ove
r th
e n
ext
50 y
ears
. W
hen
th
e
Am
eric
an P
rin
tin
g H
ou
se f
or
the
Bli
nd
beg
an i
n 1
858
, it
s fi
rst
bo
oks
wer
e
pri
nte
d i
n B
ost
on
lin
e ty
pe.
Sa
mu
el G
rid
ley
Ho
we
(18
01-
1876
)
How
e fo
unded
the
New
Engl
and A
sylu
m
for
the
Blin
d (
late
r Pe
rkin
s In
stitution
) an
d
pio
nee
red b
lindnes
s ed
uca
tion
.
Pag
e R
epro
du
ctio
n f
rom
Fa
ble
s b
y Jo
hn
Gay
Prin
ted in r
aise
d let
ters
by
the
Am
eric
an P
rinting
Hou
se
for
the
Blin
d, 18
69
Pag
e R
epro
du
ctio
n f
rom
Fab
les
by
Joh
n G
ay
Pri
nte
d in
rai
sed
lett
ers
by
the
Am
eric
an P
rin
tin
g H
ou
se
for
the
Blin
d, 1
869
RW
_A0
7(F
ab
les)
RW
.03
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Man
y ea
rly
19th
-cen
tury
inve
nto
rs a
nd
tea
cher
s
exp
lore
d w
ays
to m
ake
tact
ile
(to
uch
ab
le)
read
ing
syst
ems
for
peo
ple
wh
o w
ere
bli
nd
.
Many
reje
cted
th
e R
om
an
alp
hab
et,
fi n
din
g it
too
dif
fi cu
lt t
o r
ead
by
tou
ch.
Inst
ead
, th
ey
inve
nte
d t
act
ile
cod
es u
sin
g ra
ised
sh
ap
es o
r
lin
es f
or
alp
hab
et l
ette
rs.
Idea
s fo
r ta
ctil
e co
des
cam
e fr
om
mu
sic,
co
des
an
d c
iph
ers
use
d i
n
dip
lom
acy,
an
cien
t w
riti
ng
such
as
hie
rogl
yph
ics,
and
sh
ort
han
d w
riti
ng.
Wh
ile
peo
ple
wh
o w
ere
bli
nd
co
uld
lea
rn
to r
ead
th
e va
rio
us
rais
ed l
ette
rs a
nd
co
des
,
all
thes
e sy
stem
s sh
ared
on
e m
ajo
r p
rob
lem
:
use
rs c
ou
ld n
ot
“wri
te”
or
crea
te t
hem
by
han
d.
Th
ese
earl
y ta
ctil
e sy
stem
s co
uld
be
pro
du
ced
on
ly o
n a
pri
nti
ng
pre
ss.
Rea
din
g w
ith
Co
des
Luca
s Ty
pe
En
glis
hm
an T
ho
mas
M.
Luca
s d
esig
ned
on
e o
f
the
earl
iest
tac
tile
co
des
. H
is s
yste
m,
intr
od
uce
d
in 1
833
, u
sed
a r
aise
d s
yste
m o
f st
raig
ht
lin
es,
L curv
ed l
ines
, an
d d
ots
. A
tea
cher
of
sho
rth
and
wri
tin
g fo
r d
icta
tio
n,
he
bas
ed h
is a
lph
abet
on
a p
op
ula
r sh
ort
han
d s
yste
m o
f th
e d
ay.
Ru
gg
les
Pre
ss
Tact
ile
Rep
rod
uct
ion
Key
to
Luca
s Ty
pe
Tact
ile R
epro
duct
ion
A p
age
from
The
Pilg
rim
’s P
rogre
ss b
y Jo
hn B
uny
an, em
bos
sed in
T.M
. Lu
cas’
Em
bos
sed S
tenog
raphic
Char
acte
rs, Lo
ndon
, 18
60
Tact
ile R
epro
du
ctio
n
Key
to
Lu
cas
Typ
e
Tact
ile R
epro
du
ctio
n
A p
age
fro
m T
he
Pilg
rim
’s P
rog
ress
by
Joh
n B
un
yan
, em
-b
oss
ed in
T.M
. Lu
cas’
Em
bo
ssed
Ste
no
gra
ph
ic C
har
acte
rs,
Lo
nd
on
, 186
0
RW
_A0
9(L
uca
s K
ey)
RW
_A10
(Pil
grim
s Pro
gress
)
RW
.04
– F
lip/I
nte
r
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Tact
ile
Rep
rod
uct
ion
of
a p
ag
e o
f M
oo
n t
ype
Tact
ile
Key
to
th
e M
oo
n S
yste
m o
f em
bo
ssed
rea
din
g
The
Mo
on
Alp
hab
et
Wil
liam
Mo
on
, an
inve
nto
r w
ho
was
bli
nd
him
self
, cr
eate
d a
co
de
syst
em b
ased
on
th
e
Ro
man
alp
hab
et w
ith
let
ters
red
uce
d t
o t
hei
r
sim
ple
st f
orm
s. T
he
Mo
on
sys
tem
rea
ds
fro
m
left
to
rig
ht
on
on
e li
ne,
an
d t
hen
fro
m r
igh
t to
left
on
th
e n
ext.
Th
is o
nce
po
pu
lar
syst
em i
s
stil
l u
sed
by
a fe
w i
n G
reat
Bri
tain
to
day
.
Dr.
Wil
lia
m M
oo
n (
1818
-18
94
)
Tact
ile R
epro
du
ctio
n o
f a
pag
e o
f M
oo
n t
ype
Tact
ile K
ey t
o t
he
Mo
on
Sys
tem
of
emb
oss
ed r
ead
ing
RW
_A11
(Mo
on
Typ
e)
RW
_A12
(Mo
on
Key
)
RW
.05
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Alth
ough
rai
sed
Rom
an le
tter
sys
tem
s w
ere
popu
lar
at fi
rst
, a
rais
ed d
ot
cod
e –
the
bra
ille
sys
tem
—
ult
imat
ely
bec
ame
the
stan
dar
d r
ead
ing
syst
em
for
peo
ple
wh
o a
re b
lin
d. N
amed
for
its
inve
nto
r,
Lou
is B
raille
, b
raille
co
de
cou
ld n
ot
on
ly b
e re
ad;
it c
ou
ld b
e w
ritt
en b
y h
and
by
ind
ivid
ual
s u
sin
g
a sl
ate
and
sty
lus.
Th
e b
rail
le s
yste
m g
rad
ual
ly
rep
lace
d a
ll o
ther
tac
tile
co
des
. To
day
bra
ille
is
use
d a
ll o
ver
the
wo
rld
.
Bra
ille
’s s
yste
m w
as r
evo
luti
on
ary
bec
ause
of
its
sim
pli
city
. T
he
bra
ille
cel
l h
as s
ix d
ots
arr
ange
d
in t
wo,
th
ree-
do
t co
lum
ns.
Th
ese
six
do
ts c
an b
e
arra
nge
d i
n 6
3 d
iffe
ren
t p
atte
rns,
all
ow
ing
for
pu
nct
uat
ion
mar
ks,
con
jun
ctio
ns,
an
d c
om
mo
n
lett
er c
om
bin
atio
ns,
as
wel
l as
th
e al
ph
abet
and
nu
mer
als.
Bra
ille
co
des
hav
e b
een
cre
ated
for
mat
hem
atic
s, c
hem
ical
no
tati
on
, an
d m
usi
c.
All
lan
guag
es c
an b
e tr
ansl
ated
in
to b
rail
le.
Lou
is B
rail
leFr
ench
-bo
rn L
ou
is B
rail
le (
180
9 -
1852
) b
ecam
e
blin
d a
t ag
e fo
ur
and e
nte
red t
he
school fo
r blin
d
chil
dre
n i
n P
aris
at
age
ten
. A
s a
teac
her
, h
e
continued
to e
xper
imen
t w
ith b
ette
r w
ays
to r
ead
and
wri
te.
He
fi rs
t p
ub
lish
ed h
is c
od
e in
1829
.
Mo
der
n r
ead
ing
an
d w
riti
ng
Man
y st
ud
ents
sti
ll u
se b
rail
le s
late
s fo
r sh
ort
no
tes
and
bra
ille
wri
ters
fo
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sign
men
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fer
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urt
esy
Illin
ois
School
for
the
Visu
ally
Im
pai
red
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l U
sin
g a
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ter,
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o co
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esy
Illin
ois
School
for
the
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ally
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Illin
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for
the
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pai
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ter,
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court
esy
Illin
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School
for
the
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The Constitution of the United StatesPrinted in raised letters by the American Printing House
for the Blind, 1875
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Frank Haven Hall (1841-1911)Photo courtesy Illinois School for the Visually Impaired
Girl Using a braillewriter, 1902Photo courtesy Illinois School for the Visually Impaired
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Special Holy Communion Service for Those at Home or in HospitalEmbossed in Grade 1 Moon type
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“Washboard” Slateca. 1890Museum Collection
Louis Braille himself used a “washboard” slate like this one, which
has parallel horizontal grooves instead of the pitted cells of more
recent models. A metal guide with three rows of cells may be moved
down the page. The writer uses the stylus to punch the dots.
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Hall Braille Writerca. 1900Museum Collection
This machine may be touched,
but it is inoperable.
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APH Light-Touch Perkins BraillerThe American Printing House for the Blind
and the Howe Memorial Press introduced
this updated version of the durable
Perkins Brailler in 2011.
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Braille Slate with StylusA modern pocket slate used to write braille.
The design has changed very little in the
last one hundred years.
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Braille KeyReproduction of the Key to Braille
Grade One and Grade One and a Half,
introduced in 1917
NeedObject Photo
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Instructions for Using Slate and Stylus
Try writing braille by hand using a slate and stylus.
1. Open slate with hinged side to left,
place paper in slate, and close top plate.
2. Use stylus to punch dots in each cell into
the paper. Write from right to left to form signs
as shown on the WRITING DIAGRAM.
3. Remove paper and turn it over. Read your
signs from left to right, as shown on the
READING DIAGRAM.
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The First Mechanical Braille Writer
The braille slate was a wonderful tool that enabled
blind people to write to other blind people and take
notes for their studies. However, writing braille on
a slate was slow. Inspired by the typewriter, inventors
soon sought a mechanical solution.
Frank Haven Hall (1841-1911), superintendent of the
Illinois Institution for Education of the Blind, invented
a mechanical braillewriter in 1892. Within months,
Hall’s students were writing 85 words a minute with
their machines!
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Write Your Name in Braille!
Instructions for Using the Braillewriter
1. Pull the paper release lever (A) toward you and
feed a bookmark under the embossing head.
2. Close the paper release lever and feed the
bookmark into the writer by turning the
paper feed knob (B).
3. Look at the BRAILLEWRITE/SLATE READING
DIAGRAM. Form a sign by pressing the
numbered keys indicated for each sign,
all at the same time.
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The Braille AlphabetRight to left for slate and stylus
1
2 5
j
1
5
i
2
4
5
h
1
2
4
5
g
1 4
5
f
2
4
e
1
2
4
d
1 4
c
4
5
b
4
a
1
2 5
6
t
1
5
6
s
2
4
5
6
r
1
2
4
5
6
q
1 4
5
6
p
2
4
6
o
1
2
4
6
n
1 4
6
m
4
5
6
l
4
6
k
2
3
4
6
z
1
2
3
4
6
y
1
3
4
6
x
1
2
3
5
w3
4
5
6
v3
4
6
u
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The Braille AlphabetLeft to right for reading and braillewriter
1
a
1
2
b
1 4
c
1 4
5
d
1
5
e
1
2
4
f
1
2
4
5
g
1
2 5
h
2
4
i
2
4
j1
3
k
1
2
3
l
1
3
4
m
1
3
4
5
n
1
3
5
o
1
2
3
4
p
1
2
3
4
5
q
1
2
3
5
r
2
3
4
s
2
3
4
5
t1
3 6
u
1
2
3 6
v
2
4
5
6
w
1
3
4
6
x
1
3
4
5
6
y
1
3
5
6
z
5
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