How Braille was invented | Moments of Vision 9 - Jessica Oreck

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  • Опубликовано: 6 мар 2017
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    Today, Braille is the universally accepted system of writing for the blind, translated into almost every language in almost every country across the globe. But it didn’t actually start out as a tool for the blind. Jessica Oreck details the surprising wartime origins of Braille.
    Lesson and animation by Jessica Oreck.

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  • @JT-kr3dg
    @JT-kr3dg 7 лет назад +879

    Things you never want to read in Braille...
    *Do Not Touch*

  • @freebirdiii
    @freebirdiii 7 лет назад +930

    Am I the only one really impressed by the drawing skills and punching all those dimples super accurately from the back side of the paper?

    • @freebirdiii
      @freebirdiii 7 лет назад +17

      With all due respect, I don't think I buy that. My only idea was that the artist can see the grid through the paper but the camera can't pick that up, so we, as viewers, don't see that aid.

    • @JBinero
      @JBinero 7 лет назад +12

      freebirdiii It's animated. Not just the punching. The line drawing et cetera too.

    • @etaybokish
      @etaybokish 7 лет назад +5

      It is animated, put the speed on 0.25 and you can see
      Maybe (I really doubt it) the editors just cut the time it takes to draw the letter and skipped it

    • @sahat6015
      @sahat6015 7 лет назад +22

      EtayTheMeower Meow It is not animated..It is all drawn in real time with a camera above clicking one photograph every one second or a fixed time interval..These shots are then arranged together and edited..watch video of MinutePhysics to know more!..It is not animation.

    • @user-dt3tu1ho5k
      @user-dt3tu1ho5k 7 лет назад +18

      y'all it is like stop motion. Or a time lapse. The person is doing this stuff with a camera that takes a picture at certain intervals. Which is why it looks weird.

  • @rosieroovs
    @rosieroovs 7 лет назад +634

    Actually this can't EXACTLY be a "Moment of VISION" if you catch my drift.......

    • @farahraihana
      @farahraihana 7 лет назад +14

      GrooviRuvi a moment of touch then? hahah

    • @DeFraans
      @DeFraans 7 лет назад +4

      it was more like Fingerspitzegefühl

    • @discy12345
      @discy12345 7 лет назад +5

      It's funny because people who use braille are blind

    • @ChrisPPotatoIDC
      @ChrisPPotatoIDC 7 лет назад +4

      ( ͡⊙ ͜ʖ ͡⊙) Mario Kart 9

    • @mharvey3668
      @mharvey3668 7 лет назад

      GrooviRuvi n

  • @Soldesu
    @Soldesu 7 лет назад +305

    This has got to be the shortest Ted Ed video I've ever seen. Doesn't mean it's less informative.

    • @MonkeyBurrito
      @MonkeyBurrito 7 лет назад +4

      Swetha Coolz it doesn't exactly teach us how Braille was created

    • @ingetnamn5447
      @ingetnamn5447 7 лет назад +6

      Swetha Coolz yes. yes it clearly does mean that.
      THE WHOLE VIDEO: It wasn't discreet enough to write or (grammar edit:)shine lights to communicate in the military x number of years ago for nation X's military so x dude invented Braille. Some French dude then standardized it for blind people x years later. Now it's used everywhere.
      Now explain one of the paradox videos in around the same (10%+/-) amount of words...

    • @zxKAOS1
      @zxKAOS1 7 лет назад +1

      They can go shorter...
      "what is the answer to life the universe and everything"

    • @divxxx
      @divxxx 4 года назад

      Technically it is less informative because it conveys less information

  • @hole1stdrillpresschannel
    @hole1stdrillpresschannel 7 лет назад +1056

    That´s braillant...

    • @twilo1015
      @twilo1015 7 лет назад +3

      it's a pun

    • @aapjew18
      @aapjew18 7 лет назад +1

      I just gave the 100th like. I feel special.

    • @thomasgabby6214
      @thomasgabby6214 7 лет назад +2

      MMMM cringe-tasticly good pun

    • @Firmus777
      @Firmus777 7 лет назад +6

      The greatness of it is tangible.

    • @ChrisPPotatoIDC
      @ChrisPPotatoIDC 7 лет назад +1

      ( ͡⊙ ͜ʖ ͡⊙) Hole

  • @edwnx0
    @edwnx0 7 лет назад +120

    I thought they'd explain a logic for the dot placements.

    • @stephenfiore9960
      @stephenfiore9960 7 лет назад +1

      ....... I didn't get it with the sound off.......

    • @FederalTaxEvader
      @FederalTaxEvader 3 года назад

      There actually is, all letters are repetitions of letters a-j with additional marks in the bottom two places

    • @FederalTaxEvader
      @FederalTaxEvader 3 года назад

      Other than w of course, cause it sucks apparently

    • @fopperer
      @fopperer 3 года назад

      @@FederalTaxEvader but a-j has no logic behind it. i cannot understand how one can develop a system that is based on randomness

    • @animepeople8744
      @animepeople8744 2 года назад

      @@fopperer welcome to language script, where everything is seemingly random!

  • @Isterbollen
    @Isterbollen 7 лет назад +198

    I think this was too short, why not explain the system behind the language and more of how it is used? Is there any logic behind the placement of the dots or are they just random and assigned to be a letter? Delve deeper!

    • @BlindJedi
      @BlindJedi 7 лет назад +54

      Isterbollen I am legally blind and will be able to answer any questions you may have. The dot system does not really have a cohesive pattern. Each letter gets a different symbol. For example: dot one would mean a, but dot two does not mean b. .One is a,.1, two is B,.1, four is C,.1, four, five is D,.1, five is e, . one, two, four is F,.one, two, four, five is G, . one, two, 5 is h. 2, 4 is i. .2, four, five is j..1, three is kay..One, two, three is l..1, three, four is m. . one, three, four, five is n. . one, three, five is o. . one, two, three, four is p . one, two, three, four, five is q. . one, two, three, five is r .2, three, four is S. .2, three, four, five is t.1, three, six is u. .One, two, three, six is v,.2, four, five, six is w..1, three, four, six is x.1, three, four, five, six is y and one, three, five, six is z. The position of the dots is like a six pack of soda. The three cans on the left vertically are one, two, and three. On the right side or vertically are four, five, and six. Which ever number I mentioned for the letter will be raised to create the symbol for the letter. We also have symbols for punctuation, and we also have 180 contractions, not for words like don't or can't, but as a type of shorthand, look into that one more if you were curious, it's hard to explain here. It's called grade 2 Braille, and because I know someone ignorant is going to ask me, I am typing all of this on my iPad using voice over which is located in settings. Turn it on if you want to see what it's like being me. Go to General, then click accessibility, then voice over. That's how a blind person uses an iPad. I hope this educates some of you.

    • @Ladifour
      @Ladifour 7 лет назад +3

      What interests me more than how you write is how you read RUclips comments. What sort of system do you use? By the way, you are using the word ignorant wrong or rather right. The original usage is just for the lack of knowledge, not for the deliberate rejection of knowledge, the thing it is being used for now. If you meant to say the more insulting connotation, it wouldn't make sense as someone asking you for knowledge is the opposite of rejection of knowledge. If you meant the lack of knowledge, that also doesn't make sense as you should be aware of the insulting way it could be understood. It would have been completely acceptable to use the real word for that condition... curious. So which is it? Were you wrong or... ignorant?

    • @BlindJedi
      @BlindJedi 7 лет назад +4

      Ladifour I was using the word ignorant as an adjective, as in someone without knowledge is going to comment with something insensitive and therefore insult me. To answer your other question, which I already did answer, I use voice over on my iPad which is located in settings under general and accessibility.

    • @krozgen
      @krozgen 7 лет назад +7

      Darth Void I disagree. the placement of the first 10 letters (A-J) is exactly the same as the placement of the next 10 letters (K-T) except with the bottom left dot set. And the same for the next 6 letters, except with both bottom dots set. The only exception to this W, which was inserted later, because W is uncommon in French :)

    • @BlindJedi
      @BlindJedi 7 лет назад +1

      krozgen well then you know more than me, I'm not French and was forced to learn this.

  • @jrconstantino2211
    @jrconstantino2211 7 лет назад +20

    Why didn't you mention Louis was blind?

    • @CuriousConnman
      @CuriousConnman 7 лет назад +1

      Bunny Constantino
      Yeah, I thought that was were,

  • @heisenberg5766
    @heisenberg5766 7 лет назад +19

    So war really are the times where great inventions emerge.

    • @hydroponicsteen5892
      @hydroponicsteen5892 7 лет назад +2

      Eisenheim Illusionist atom bomb, machine guns

    • @bambooindark1
      @bambooindark1 7 лет назад +2

      World Wide Web, ABS break system, Nylon, Radar.

    • @nofanfelani6924
      @nofanfelani6924 7 лет назад +2

      yeah, peace is boring... let's invade something.... hahhahaa.... HAHAHHAHAHA....

    • @twilightzone6878
      @twilightzone6878 5 лет назад

      Deel

  • @LauraBidingCitizen
    @LauraBidingCitizen 7 лет назад +9

    I've always been interested in Braille, especially as a huge percentage of prescription medication here in the UK has Braille on it. I've always been thankful for my eyesight (albeit having to wear glasses), & my hearing (temporary loss for 3 weeks at age 9 due to a build up of pressure in my ears / sinuses, I went completely deaf.. very scary & I still remember it. Made me appreciate it that much more). I did learn very basic sign language after that. I don't think it hurts anyone to learn these on the side - in fact I'd rather have learnt these than another language I have no use for (personally).
    Slightly disappointed that I came to a video hoping for more information other than how/where Braille originated. Possible follow up, perhaps?
    Thanks :)

  • @cmdctrl4292
    @cmdctrl4292 7 лет назад

    Thank you for making this video short and directly to the point.
    I enjoyed it. Thank you.

  • @MarioFanGamer659
    @MarioFanGamer659 7 лет назад +3

    I am impressed, how Jessica (it was her, wasn't she?) has managed to make the bumps on the paper very perfect. And that was when the paper was upside down i.e. without help on where to press except of the paper edges itself!

  • @pentox6692
    @pentox6692 7 лет назад +3

    I finished all the riddles and I'm really excited for more. Please post one tomorrow.

    • @pentox6692
      @pentox6692 7 лет назад

      CuriousNoobKid _ thanks! yes I am. you followed me up to here lol do you watch Ted too?

  • @sedimental
    @sedimental 7 лет назад +56

    what a brailleiant video
    haha
    please

  • @JaqenHghar.
    @JaqenHghar. 7 лет назад +1

    1:26 such a beautiful image

  • @greyvboat
    @greyvboat 7 лет назад

    these are my favorite

  • @saybreenay
    @saybreenay 7 лет назад +3

    you should check out the book called: accidents happen: 50 things invented by mistake
    maybe those were moments of vision

  • @Moucheron1990
    @Moucheron1990 7 лет назад

    I could watch you write all day.

  • @salmabegum437
    @salmabegum437 7 лет назад +2

    Cool and wow the person went all out with this

  • @phoebewinterbottom938
    @phoebewinterbottom938 7 лет назад

    I love this series

  • @Ego-de4dt
    @Ego-de4dt 7 лет назад

    I didn't know this. It's interesting. Thanks

  • @meostudy8797
    @meostudy8797 4 года назад

    Thank for give me knowledge

  • @SurvivingasMom
    @SurvivingasMom 7 лет назад

    I love this. So cool

  • @CookingLessonsforDad
    @CookingLessonsforDad 7 лет назад

    One of the greatest inventions!

  • @prnvd
    @prnvd 7 лет назад

    Loved it

  • @Learntheharmonica
    @Learntheharmonica 7 лет назад

    Fantastic. Also sad but interesting how war and conflict produce such ingenuity time after time.

  • @MasutaMJ
    @MasutaMJ 7 лет назад +3

    The video was so short I thought I skipped forward a second.

  • @KodKahve
    @KodKahve 7 лет назад +1

    braille very important language everybody should learn

    • @SA-gv2yn
      @SA-gv2yn 7 лет назад +2

      Ben Programcıits not a language

    • @KodKahve
      @KodKahve 7 лет назад

      this is universal language even before English.So i think we should learn Braille and communicate with that we don'T talk people and understand them:)

    • @KodKahve
      @KodKahve 7 лет назад

      yeah it is alphabet but we can define the language different.it is subjective.Alphabet will create language and create friendship.

    • @baluandhavarapu5786
      @baluandhavarapu5786 7 лет назад +2

      Ben Programcı I have learnt it

  • @ScarletImp
    @ScarletImp 7 лет назад +2

    I heard Louis Braille was also an awesome piano player in his church.

  • @bizarreworld2510
    @bizarreworld2510 7 лет назад

    Ted can you tell us about the first documented hero and the hero that was documented later but is stated to be born much earlier in the same texts

  • @albakingification
    @albakingification 7 лет назад

    I was looking forward to this video the. I noticed it was ted-ed and instantly had to check all the information in it as we know how much the love ignoring facts

  • @rodrigopaim82
    @rodrigopaim82 7 лет назад +42

    Moments of Vision... HUEHUEHEUHEUHEHUEHUEUHEHE

  • @thepixelatedpug8952
    @thepixelatedpug8952 7 лет назад

    Already knew this

  • @cez19
    @cez19 2 года назад

    The video is too short. Please make one about the life of Louis Braille and how he's tied to this invention.

  • @birri-birrikay4546
    @birri-birrikay4546 7 лет назад

    I've always been interested to found out how it all happened; I became especially interested years ago when I stumbled upon Hellen Keller and her story. All very intriguing...

  • @maulanadwi7291
    @maulanadwi7291 7 лет назад +20

    More like... Moments of *NO VISION*
    Ba dum tss

  • @irun_mon
    @irun_mon 7 лет назад +2

    We didn't see that coming...

  • @BanaMUA
    @BanaMUA 7 лет назад +2

    Watching this just makes me think about how little I do with my brain😩😭😭

  • @kenyettaready
    @kenyettaready 7 лет назад +6

    now see I never knew this. I never knew it was a war method of communication and THEN used to help the blind.

  • @Drezoka
    @Drezoka 4 года назад

    That's insane 🔥

  • @thewhyworld7450
    @thewhyworld7450 7 лет назад +16

    Post more riddles

    • @stephenfiore9960
      @stephenfiore9960 7 лет назад

      ........ If "Miss Missy misses Missisippi, then who misses miss Missy? Answer: I "missed" that school day and I never found out the answer.

  • @TheJdizzle14
    @TheJdizzle14 7 лет назад

    I couldn't imagine trying to learn to read braille

  • @jazy9137
    @jazy9137 7 лет назад +3

    I guess you could say this was a "brailliant" invention!

  • @Fearless......
    @Fearless...... 4 года назад

    Hey, anyone know what tool she's using ?

  • @nhanto1594
    @nhanto1594 6 лет назад

    How can I make subtitle in my mother language to help others watch these videos??

  • @movindudassanayake4322
    @movindudassanayake4322 7 лет назад

    So do they type, so to speak, inversely when their using Braille? Because you would punch the holes from the back, right?

    • @baluandhavarapu5786
      @baluandhavarapu5786 7 лет назад +1

      They do type and they have a special machine which changes the altitude of the dots depending on the sentence so that we can read text in the computer. They speak just like normal people.

    • @movindudassanayake4322
      @movindudassanayake4322 7 лет назад

      Balu Andhavarapu so its not done manually anymore? Like everything is done on a computer?

    • @baluandhavarapu5786
      @baluandhavarapu5786 7 лет назад +1

      Movindu Dassanayake no, they do write and read books and they also speak manually but there are things for which we need computer like programming so they use computers.

  • @cliffordin
    @cliffordin 7 лет назад

    i just watch the ring and this was on my reccomended......

  • @mshbeatbox
    @mshbeatbox 7 лет назад

    Big applause for this man

  • @bassamaltamimi9039
    @bassamaltamimi9039 7 лет назад

    HELLO TED -ED
    I HAVE TRANSLATE THIS VIDEO INTO " ARABIC LANGUAGE " HOW I CAN CONTACT WITH YOU IN ORDER TO ADD THE TRANSLATION ?

  • @hpekristiansen
    @hpekristiansen 7 лет назад

    What about numbers? and unicode?

  •  4 года назад

    Görme engwelliler icin cok guzel bir buluş,ben de ogrenmek ve okuyup yazabilmek istiyorum

  • @rjprepature7692
    @rjprepature7692 7 лет назад

    what animating software are they using??.........

  • @faerya841
    @faerya841 7 лет назад

    That was quick...

  • @unknow210
    @unknow210 7 лет назад +1

    was wondering what these dots are on the elevator...

  • @Emme-Kappa
    @Emme-Kappa 7 лет назад

    what about japanese? how do they use braile and match them with the kanji?

  • @aaronpaul1595
    @aaronpaul1595 7 лет назад

    DAMNNNNN DANIEL!!!

  • @cocorico1414
    @cocorico1414 7 лет назад +2

    In a Moment of 'Vision' lol

  • @AdrianColley
    @AdrianColley 7 лет назад

    A classic example of But What Are The Civilian Applications?

  •  7 лет назад

    La verdad es que no entiendo por qué no se han adaptado las letras convencionales en relieve. Mucho más simple. Porque, supongamos que alguien se queda ciego, ya sabiendo leer, para esa persona podría ser muchísimo más fácil detectar las letras y no habría necesidad de que aprenda otro sistema.

  • @paulinagrey6531
    @paulinagrey6531 7 лет назад

    yaaas 😍😍😍

  • @goldencastlescrystalstream2299
    @goldencastlescrystalstream2299 7 лет назад

    i read the book

  • @nickb8755
    @nickb8755 4 года назад

    Why are they precocious?

  • @randomfrog7974
    @randomfrog7974 7 лет назад

    that's really cool, also shows how the motivation to solve problems in war progress humanity.

  • @kittybloom6882
    @kittybloom6882 7 лет назад +3

    its nicer with the cartoon staff

  • @arthurhenriqued.a.ribeiro2078
    @arthurhenriqued.a.ribeiro2078 5 лет назад

    I kinda wonder if this system should've been called the "Barbier-Braille" system. After all it was the former who invented its concept, and the latter found a use.

  • @oscarsimental3335
    @oscarsimental3335 7 лет назад +2

    I thought Braille was invented after Aaron Kyro made his RUclips channel...

  • @cadr003
    @cadr003 7 лет назад

    This was rather short

  • @frankschneider6156
    @frankschneider6156 7 лет назад

    Does braille (or something similar) also work for Kanji-based languags ?

    • @hyrekandragon2665
      @hyrekandragon2665 7 лет назад

      I think in Chinese they use PīnYīn, which is when you put the Chinese pronunciation of each Hanzí. In Japanese, they have something similar to the alphabet, called a syllabary. In fact they have two syllabaries, Hiragana and Katakana each comprised of the same exact 48 syllable. They probabaly have Braille versions of those and maybe some of the most common Kanji. As for Korean, they don't use Han characters anymore, so Braille would just represent Hangul, which is an alphasyllabary, where you have one set of symbols to represent consonants, and another for vowels. You then combine the two to make one syllable.

  • @Lawrd.Rivguz
    @Lawrd.Rivguz 7 лет назад

    Does braille for chinese people work the same way? Or any other language that uses a different writing system.

    • @eganplaysMC
      @eganplaysMC 7 лет назад +1

      Jano Rivguz Braille is universal. All countries use the same.

  • @JayWadeOnline
    @JayWadeOnline 7 лет назад +1

    This is visionary...

  • @tenitaangelopoenarum8449
    @tenitaangelopoenarum8449 7 лет назад

    I'm just going to say WOOWW :3

  • @ryanmurray5973
    @ryanmurray5973 7 лет назад

    Actually, Braille originally had eight holes, but this was later simplified.

  • @rtubleiii
    @rtubleiii 7 лет назад

    In a moment of vision.... Watch

  • @abdullahabdulaziz
    @abdullahabdulaziz 7 лет назад

    i thought she would explain how they would work

  • @psymetric3684
    @psymetric3684 7 лет назад

    that alphabet writing tho!.. impressed

  • @BestFitSquareChannel
    @BestFitSquareChannel 7 лет назад

    gobsmacked… thank you...

  • @Talalll
    @Talalll 7 лет назад +1

    Beat that Aaron

  • @Konranjyoutai
    @Konranjyoutai 7 лет назад

    Uh....maybe you would like to elaborate on that?

  • @jonasdrejerjensen
    @jonasdrejerjensen 7 лет назад +3

    the irony of calling this "moment of vision"

  • @kaannuri6996
    @kaannuri6996 7 лет назад

    Hello!!

  • @bitchslapper12
    @bitchslapper12 7 лет назад

    Moment of *vision*...

  • @lssaya
    @lssaya 7 лет назад

    Wow I always thought Braille was invented specifically for the blind.
    Does anyone know how I can start learning to read it?

    • @Braincain007
      @Braincain007 7 лет назад

      L Saya look at a brail chart, and maybe glue some white rice to paper and close your eyes, and feel it to try and read it

    • @lssaya
      @lssaya 7 лет назад

      Braincain007 I'll have to try that. Thank you!

    • @Braincain007
      @Braincain007 7 лет назад

      L Saya lol, that was just something that popped into my head to simulate bumps. but you're welcome. I've never even tried to learn braille :P

  • @edwinng4610
    @edwinng4610 4 года назад +1

    *vision*

  • @jatinrajput.8034
    @jatinrajput.8034 7 лет назад

    who else just kept looking at the hand and did not pay attention to the narrator

  • @definitezero4627
    @definitezero4627 7 лет назад

    Yeah but how the hell do you know what k equals?

  • @yussofross1417
    @yussofross1417 7 лет назад

    Jesus that was short

  • @anwaaralhinai2768
    @anwaaralhinai2768 3 года назад

    Hi

  • @dylanj9277
    @dylanj9277 7 лет назад

    oh I thought it was the skateboarding channel

  • @DrawingwithNoel
    @DrawingwithNoel 7 лет назад

    nice but short.....

  • @JasonJacksonJames
    @JasonJacksonJames 7 лет назад

    She messed up the 'f'

  • @danish5087
    @danish5087 7 лет назад +19

    The narrator sounded scared

    • @ScarletImp
      @ScarletImp 7 лет назад

      Because Louis Braille would've schooled the narrator. >:]

    • @Mscookievl
      @Mscookievl 7 лет назад +2

      Danish interesting observation. I didn't detect that. Are you legally blind?

    • @evavandeberg1786
      @evavandeberg1786 7 лет назад

      Danish now you say you're right

  • @vtvngocpham2705
    @vtvngocpham2705 4 года назад

    I need a subtilessss

  • @71kakarot
    @71kakarot 7 лет назад +1

    Why not just have english letters stick out

  • @akarshsworld9220
    @akarshsworld9220 7 лет назад

    i typed this using a Braille

  • @EgmatXelugo
    @EgmatXelugo 3 года назад

    Im i the only one who think that Braille stole the captain's Barbier idea and got all the credit?

  • @lexik4603
    @lexik4603 7 лет назад

    The other guy's voice would've made this so much more interesting.

  • @carrieonabaldwin6089
    @carrieonabaldwin6089 7 лет назад

    never been this early

  • @MsSBVideos
    @MsSBVideos 7 лет назад

    *Makes video called Moment of Vision*
    *It's about something for blind people*

  • @jahjoeka
    @jahjoeka 7 лет назад

    that's it?

  • @Luuzine
    @Luuzine 7 лет назад

    That handwriting tho...