Linguistic Anthropology
Why are Braille books so much longer than regular books?
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Discovery Channel
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A book written in Braille is so much longer than the same book written in traditional printed text because of the cells of dots that Braille uses to represent letters and symbols. These cells must be large enough to be felt and understood quickly by human fingertips. Because Braille uses a series of six-cell dots, a common line of Braille text is about 40 characters in length, and a page consists of about 25 lines. In addition, Braille is printed on thick, heavy paper to make the dots more easily detectable. The pages are bound loosely so that they lie flat for easy reading and so the cells nearest to the book's binding can be reached and felt.
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