James Waldby wrote:
On Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:58:02 -0400, Al Patrick wrote:

Michael A. Terrell wrote:
[re his eyesight]
Michael, I'm sorry to hear you have problems with your eyes, but don't
think it's the end of life. Wasn't it Helen Keller who invented brail?
Probably *after* she lost her eye sight. [...]

No, it was Braille who invented braille. Or, at least,
developed it by modifying a system invented by Barbier.
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille .

-jiw


Thanks. Helen Keller was the first deaf/blind person to graduate from college - also per
Wikipedia