Without Charles Barbier, there would be no braille.
Barbier invented alternative writing methods, including one that inspired Louis Braille!
May 18th is Charles Barbier’s birthday. Who better to help us celebrate than Philippa Campsie, who has a published paper about the inventor!
5 Things You Need to Know about Charles Barbier:
1. His military career was short and ended when he was 25. 0:57
2. He lived in the United States for 10 years or more. 2:28
3. He created alternative written methods for many different users: blind people, deaf people, poor people, travelers, diplomats, etc. 6:17
4. He believed that writing and spelling needed to be radically simplified to put literacy within reach of all. 9:34
5. He met Louis Braille in 1833, four years after Louis had already published his first book, and they became friends. 12:20
Closing 16:55
Thank you Philippa for sharing your expertise, as well as coming up with the title and the outline for this video!
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Links and Mentions:
Debunking 11 Myths about the Invention of Braille (interview with Philippa Campsie):
Charles Barbier: A hidden story, Philippa Campsie, Independent scholar:
Philippa and Norman Campsie’s travel blog about Parisian history:
Essai sur divers procédés d’expéditive by Charles Barbier (French Edition) (AKA, The Little Green Book):
Aille Design (custom braille t-shirt):
Charles Barbier wrote a letter to George Washington:
Method of Writing Words, Music, and Plain Songs by Means of Dots, for Use by the Blind and Arranged for Them by Louis Braille (available in French and in English):
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