Braille is a way of writing that blind people can read with their fingers. The page has little raised dots in groups. Each group stands for a letter, a number, or a short word.

Braille點字 is a way of writing是一種書寫方式 that blind people讓盲人 can可以 with their fingers用手指 read閱讀。The page頁面上 has有 in groups成群的 little raised dots凸起小點。Each group每一組 stands for代表 a letter一個字母、 a number一個數字，or a short word或一個短的單字。

You do not look at braille; you touch it. You may meet it on lift buttons, on medicine boxes, on some menus.

You do not look at你不是看 braille點字 you touch it而是摸它。You may你可能會 on lift buttons在電梯按鈕、 on medicine boxes藥盒、 on some menus或某些菜單上 meet it遇到它。

Louis Braille, a French teacher who was blind himself, worked out the system in the 1800s, and the writing took his name.

Louis Braille路易·布萊葉 a French teacher who was blind himself是一位本身也失明的法國老師， in the 1800s在十九世紀 worked out the system想出了這套系統， and the writing took his name這種文字就以他的名字命名。

In English we usually say it like “Brail,” to rhyme with mail. Though actually, that is not how the French name sounds; English speakers looked at the letters and said them the English way.

In English在英文裡 we usually say it like我們通常把它唸成 "Brail,"「Brail」 with跟 mail郵件 to rhyme押韻。Though actually,不過其實， that is not how the French name sounds法文名字的發音並不是這樣 English speakers英語使用者 looked at the letters看著這些字母 and said them the English way就用英文的唸法唸出來。

You may still see a capital B, because it began as a name, but many books now write it with a small b, like other common words.

You may still see你可能還是會看到 a capital B,大寫的B because it began as a name,因為它原本是一個人名 but many books now write it但現在很多書會寫成 with a small b,小寫的b like other common words像其他常見的單字一樣。