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The Country of the Blind
99% Invisible
Valentin Awe's Revolutionary Approach to Blind Education
Valentin Awe was born into a family of weavers in France and he was the skilled linguist. In 1786, Awe makes the first machine embossed book for the blind. It's written in print the kind that sighted readers would recognize. The text is all raised so that blind students can feel the shape of the letters.
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