How To Read & Write Braille + The History of Braille!

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I'm Molly, a typical sushi, makeup, and fashion loving millennial girl who just so happens to be blind! I was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa at just 4 years old and began public speaking at age 5. I started just doing motivational speaking, but now I make videos and even model! Even though I can’t see, I know that there are bright spots in everything we face. Let’s find them together. 💕
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[@MollyBurkeOfficial]

I'm certainly no expert in Braille, and I haven't taken lessons since I was 14, but it's a language I continue to use and believe is incredibly important. I hope you enjoyed this video and if you want more like it, let me know! PS. This video was filmed before I dyed my hair gray! It is not currently purple! :)

[@DaniLKc]

You're so inspiring. I love watching your videos and getting more educated about how you navigate the world, and don't let being blind get in the way of doing anything you want ❤️

[@ambersons2148]

I make something called junk journals I have been looking for Braille to put inside the journals I create it is incredibly hard to find Braille it makes me so sad that Braille is in readily accessible.

[@fuzzyredsparkles3027]

Love it! One tiny correction from your friendly neighborhood TVI, though - braille isn't a language! - it's a communication medium for reading and writing. It's still the English language. It has different foreign language codes, as well.

[@ruthleigh6588]

I found this so interesting. I would love to learn the logic around how the patterns are formed

[@richardvelez3151]

I would definitely appreciate more videos discussing this topic. A steep learning curve, but one worth experiencing.

[@rk-wq2wb]

“the big dog was big” me trying to reach the word count on my essay

[@kenzieberumen3578]

I gave an ugly laugh at this

[@nonayurbeezwax]

That's generous! I would've went with "the big dog was excessively and undeniably an excruciatingly, and very much so, a large species of a very big dog". Yes.

[@rk-wq2wb]

Nonayur Beezwax 💀💀💀😂😂

[@tbslkatie]

😂

[@ae0nia]

also just repeat variations of a sentence too

[@daisydottie9252]

Little Molly handing in her homework on patterned colorful braille paper is so cute

[@jenniefinken]

very Elle Woods ...

[@momof3girls74]

Jennie Finken what

[@thin_white_duke1]

Audreytrix she was a character in Legally Blonde (she used pink scented papers).

[@BabvBlues]

shes adorable

[@IndependentOreo]

Jennie Finken XD true

[@denisa_the_jedi]

I was born in 1989. haha When I was a teen I wanted to read books after 9 pm, but mom would yell at me to turn off the light, so I went to the library, learned braille for about an year and bought with my savings books written in it so I could read them in the dark. Mind you, those books were not cheap, so I could only get 2 of them. I would read them at night to help me fall asleep better. Mom never discovered them and she still doesn't know anything to this day. I am still thinking of a fun way to let her know. I donated the books to blind kids after I moved out. I still read the braille on painkiller med boxes when I'm too lazy to turn on the light to take them during night. So braille can be sometimes as useful for sighted people as it is for blind people.

[@suresurebaby]

Haha this is gold!

[@yuppi3495]

Daaaamn! So you basically learned an entire writing system just to read at night? Damn, if that isn't dedication I don't know what is.

[@elenaravenclaw230]

Imma learn braille now, my mom doesn’t let me read at night so this is useful

[@idkme7833]

for somereson im guna try!!

[@AaaaNinja]

@@yuppi3495 It's not hard to learn a new writing system, if it consists of 30-40 or so letters you can memorize them over a weekend then you just get faster over time from just using it.

[@icatstaci77]

I find it frustrating how expensive Braille equipment is.

[@marcy7793]

Anything that assissts a disabled person is expensive and medical aids don't cover these things as they say it's a luxury to have them

[@viclovesbooksandtheatre4734]

It should be a right to at least have some basics covered

[@josephvona9935]

It’s a catch 22. They’re government subsidized and they are not in high demand. Companies need to charge more for the further development of equipment of devices that are not flying off the shelves. A company that didn’t make money is out of business. Governments try to help with providing special funds for these to be purchased by DOR or schools which continues to keep the prices high since they are able to be purchased at the high prices. Hopefully that makes sense... :/

[@swirlingfizz9990]

icatstaci77 yeah it SUCKS

[@pgum123gonowplayread4]

Does any one else think it is weird that people want the three Dimension printers in EVERY library around yet... Hm, they are being kind mean.

[@emmeff56]

The actual typing process is much faster than I had imagined.

[@ghyslainabel]

It looked similar to someone writing at at keyboard or a typewriter.

[@ThePickle143]

& louder! So intriguing!!

[@rxdiantfaith]

**aggressively types in braille**

[@Ghsdkgb]

And it one hundred percent looks like she has no idea what she's doing and is just pounding the shit out of the keyboard

[@LieutenantSheep]

molly was learning it for a long time and using it a lot in school. I'm sure starting is just as slow as us sightees learning to type on a regular keyboard, if not slower!

[@SoKlGoldenHand]

I still can’t get over the fact that the buses in my home town had signs in Braille PRINTED OUT ON REGULAR PAPER

[@evelinanygren51]

Well, the ink kind of has a different feeling compared to the paper. Not enough to really be noticeable if it's small but still. Maybe they just thought that whoever needed to read that had superpowers.

[@Artanian3w1]

That's funny

[@ninaasf-ck]

Lol *stop it* ...no way! 😂

[@arandomidea9010]

My college move in guide (basically a 10ish page packet with things like 'no candles or fireworks', pictures of room layouts, and the official definition of academic dishonesty) was available in over a dozen languages, and you could get multiple. My aunt (a 4th grade teacher), had a student who was losing his vision- he was blind in one eye (no light perception) and was only a little bit above legally blind in the other eye. This kid was really worried about growing up and trying to be independent, so when I saw that it was available in braille I asked if I could have a copy in braille. It was literally just standard printer paper with printed dots.

[@JessieJoystick]

There's a public restroom in my city that says "when the green light is on, restroom is unoccupied, when the red light is on restroom is occupied" in braille ...

[@catebyrer874]

When she typed “the big dog was big”, it looked like she just typed random letters, like “ibduhvnydbhdnudnudnuemjdnud”

[@nickn8017]

Firstname Lastname I know it is crazy that to her it is a completely normal sentence.

[@BabvBlues]

AHAHHAHAHA

[@gissellereyes1119]

Because she is blind stop being mean

[@katiea2228]

Yep. That’s the only way I can type that fast in English is if I type fgiivfrwwhbiobfdgjjkk

[@leviathanmaxie]

Her: "So, I'm gonna show you how quick I can type." **INTENSE BRAILLE SMACKING** Edit: OH MY GOD ON A DIFFERENT VIDEO FROM MOLLY I SAID 110 WAS THE MOST I'VE EVER AD BUT 400?! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!

[@wonderlandghoul]

**KEYBOARD SMASHES**

[@BabvBlues]

OMMG HAHAHA

[@melquexnz]

Alexandra Turman me too :)

[@katiea2228]

Intense Braille smacking had me wheezing 🤣🤣

[@jessicamattes4208]

I went to a restaurant the other day, and there was a sign that said, "braille menus available upon request." But the sign didn't have braille on it...

[@ania519]

Lmao You had one job

[@elenaravenclaw230]

Omg 😂

[@silverhazel3226]

Lmfao

[@katie_awad]

Lol

[@Comptonisa]

As they just assume you are with a seeing person at all times.

[@etherealmaddy]

Mollly: I’m a little rusty and much slower like I used to be a machine on this Also molly: *types faster then the speed of light*

[@greenwith_emv]

As a linguist, I am here to remind people who may be confused: Braille is *not* a language. Braille is an orthography system, or a system of reading and writing.

[@Alice-si8uz]

Do people communicate in braille or is it just for reading/writing information (like school work or signs)

[@dobbystanskpop]

@@Alice-si8uz they would have to communicate in braille if they were blind and mute (can't/don't speak) But because most blind people aren't also mute, they just talk normally, obviously without their sight :)

[@vroobelekbillie]

Thank you! I'm also a linguist 🙈

[@bobbybobert9177]

Aw man so if I learn Braille then I can’t say I know two different languages, oh well I still wanna learn it

[@emisformusic3375]

Who asked? I’m not trying to be rude, but seriously, this just seems like a way for you to correct something that no one really needed to know. Sorry.

[@lseh]

Molly: “Half the people here probably weren’t born until 2006” 😆 Me (1978): “oof!” 😅 ... I feel old Molly! 😂

[@bechtoea]

Hold my beer (Born in 68).

[@sirenia1241]

I’m not that old, but I was born in 1999

[@LieutenantSheep]

I'm only a little younger than molly, but definitely born before 2006 (1997)

[@JockMcBile]

I was saying the same thing. If Molly feels old, what does that make me?

[@kmbell22]

1960 here - I’m a boomer!

[@dakotasmith4609]

This may sound crazy but I’d love to see you post a video on the history of Braille, you mentioned France and how they would make letters lifted before Braille came along. I’d love to know what you know about it and what you find fascinating about it! Or even a historical time line of Braille the large events or movements that shifted the blind community in regards to Braille innovations

[@cecefernandes5657]

Oh my gosh that is so cool!!

[@maddie7414]

I can tell you about it!!!!! I know all about it

[@maddie7414]

Louis Braille was I think three years old in France when he blinded himself with a tool in his father's toolshed. He went to a School for the Blind and was an extraordinary child. I believe he invented Braille at around 12 years old but every adult he showed was terrible to him, telling him it would amount to nothing. One of his school directors actually burned the books him and his classmates made and banned the use of Braille at the school. However, they wrote Braille in secret with each other. Louis Braille went on to be an extremely talented musician and braille was eventually recognized years later as an incredibly useful method of writing and reading for the blind

[@NationalBraillePress]

We wrote the book on Braille! Louis Braille, that is! its called A Touch of Genius. Anyways, here's a link to some of the historical info if you want to check it out www.nbp.org/ic/nbp/about/aboutbraille/whoislouis.html

[@youtubeyoungestgrandmastor4523]

Can anyone please help me with any donation via VENMO my tag name is LNESHELLEHAIRCO I REALLY NEED FOOD AND A FEW HOUSE SUPPLIES. ANY AMOUNT WILL HELP.

[@shannonrickard8605]

I'm not blind, but when I was younger, I was obsessed with everything to do with braille. I would checkout books in braille from the library, I was dedicated to learning how to read braille, one year I even asked for a slate and stylus for christmas and I would spend hours sitting in my room writing braille and translating things into braille. It's so fascinating to me.

[@maeganconnolly4804]

Aren’t we going to point out how she looked up and proudly said “the big dog was big” in the funniest way ever

[@kurakaiyami]

OH! I’ve always wanted to learn Braille can’t wait to watch!

[@rebamiller1055]

If you really want to learn there this online school that will teach Introduction to Braille as well as Contracted Braille. It's free. Its called Hadley.

[@mullberrie1]

Same!!!

[@youtubeyoungestgrandmastor4523]

Can anyone please help me with any donation via VENMO my tag name is LNESHELLEHAIRCO I REALLY NEED FOOD AND A FEW HOUSE SUPPLIES. ANY AMOUNT WILL HELP.

[@mydalisss]

@@youtubeyoungestgrandmastor4523 your probably a scammer. Your commenting it on people's comments

[@carmenlynn1337]

Mydalis Bixler she’s literally commenting on EVERYONES comments!!! The same generic comment!! I’ve reported at least a dozen of her comments that I’ve seen thus far 🤢 pretty messed up what people will do to scam good people who just want to be a helping hand in these troubled times!

[@annagarza8649]

Molly, this might make you scream. Warning In my school we have this super nice blind girl, she is a grade above me I think. But these guys hated her for no reason. So, they went to school after hours, with a hammer they started flattening all the braille signs at our school. They did it terribly, it is still pretty much legible but they were punished and they had to pay for all new signs.

[@Hans-gb4mv]

Good thing they found who did it and make them pay for it. But I do hope the school does more to actually make those guys see how wrong they were.

[@natashaw401]

Good they had to pay for new braille signs

[@charlescurtius2261]

there will always be those in the world that can only make themselves feel important by making others miserable. am glad they got caught and hope paying for new signs was the least of their punishment. i grew up with a blind cousin but that was back in the day there were schools for the blind. i know its segregation but at least they were safe from assholes like these

[@justkibby5959]

They should have to do community service with blind kids. What a bunch of punks!

[@charlescurtius2261]

while wearing blind folds see how they deal with it. not very well im betting

[@scorpioo2803]

If a blind person touches my forehead he will be like «WTH is written here»

[@thin_white_duke1]

scorpio 2803 sameee hahaha

[@etherealmaddy]

😂

[@adolphaselrah9506]

I have eczema bumps on my arms and they would be very confused by what’s on my arms.

[@sydseibert5042]

BLIND GIRL READS MY ACNE???? *W/ Molly Burke*

[@scorpioo2803]

@@sydseibert5042 Nooo, bruh

[@amyslager988]

When I was really young, I was playing at my great Aunt Bernice's house and discovered something I'd never seen before. I had never met her husband, but she told me that her husband had been blind and what I had found was his board and stylus. It was a wooden board with metal plate on top with tiny round indentations in groups of six, and a metal stylus, very heavy duty. She showed me the super thick paper that went with it, and let me play with it as much as I wanted to. I was so intrigued with that thing that I actually borrowed braille books from the library and taught myself the alphabet. I was a huge writer back then, and loved to write stories in braille. I would have to write the letters over each symbol, though, as I couldn't read the braille after I made it! I even took it to school for show and tell. That is probably my best memory of Aunt Bernice and I wish I had thought to ask about the board and stylus when she passed away. {I don't remember any of the braille alphabet now, but I wonder if it would come back to me if I tried it today)

[@cinqchick]

This is such a lovely story to read. I’m glad you had that experience with your aunt 🙂

[@saraihernandez7951]

That device is called a slate and stylus. You can get them for pretty inexpensive. You should try to get one and practice. That’s an awesome story btw

[@laurelwood3490]

My aunt teaches kids who are visually impaired and she used to let me use her Braille typewriter to learn! I don’t remember much of it but looking back it was great that she always encouraged and helped sighted people learn more about the blind community

[@youtubeyoungestgrandmastor4523]

Can anyone please help me with any donation via VENMO my tag name is LNESHELLEHAIRCO I REALLY NEED FOOD AND A FEW HOUSE SUPPLIES. ANY AMOUNT WILL HELP.

[@carmenlynn1337]

L.Neshelle uncut and unedited you are literally writing this under EVERY comment!!! Clearly this is a scam and that’s really messed up considering what’s going on in the world right now! I have reported many of your comments so far and will continue to do so as I see theM, and I know I will 🤮

[@tbslkatie]

Laurel Wood that’s so cool.

[@anni_helli]

The lego braille set should be out this year!:) as I know you can't buy it, they want to give it to some organizations to gift it to blind kids.

[@harveyabel1354]

Hey, Lego - gift some to Molly!

[@ginendy]

Let’s spam @Lego with this request

[@youtubeyoungestgrandmastor4523]

Can anyone please help me with any donation via VENMO my tag name is LNESHELLEHAIRCO I REALLY NEED FOOD AND A FEW HOUSE SUPPLIES. ANY AMOUNT WILL HELP.

[@JisooTurtleRabbitt]

This stuff shouldn't be so expensive if I were needing them I know for a fact I wouldn't be able to afford those things it's nuts

[@fidelianerina]

That's what I was thinking. I always feel bad for people who need to pay more for foods they can eat because they can't eat the "regular" stuff. Like people who can't have gluten spend so much more on gluten free stuff. It isn't fair. This is just worse though. It's so expensive for a way to live.

[@johnynoway9127]

cuz its not normal. A.k.a not worth as a product to make but its expensive to make. So the makers need some way to make up for money lost

[@connorhamilton4233]

Hi! My wife and I just had a child born with no eyes. I appreciate your intro as we are just starting to immerse ourselves in the world of the blind!

[@JennaGetsCreative]

"Sighted people can't learn to tactile read braille" - why do I want to say challenge accepted? My Mom is a mainstream school system primary grades teacher, and she incorporates braille into the curriculum when she can. The alphabet strips she puts up around the classroom have print letters, braille dots, and hands showing the signs. When she does units on braille and sign, she has a thumb tack alphabet puzzle the kids have to assemble.

[@atomic.castle]

As a hearing impaired person, I love that your mom has posters with signs on them! 💕💕 Tell her thank you for me!

[@JennaGetsCreative]

@@atomic.castle I'm partially deaf myself. I have no idea if this is something she was already doing in her classroom before me or not, because I know she finds Sign helpful with her students on the autism spectrum as well.

[@ariaalexandria3324]

I disagree with that statement that sighted people can't learn it. I was obsessed with Anne Sullivan when I was kid, and did learn to read braille as easily as reading letters on paper. Probably the biggest challenge is sensitivity. You really have to pay super close attention, then get used to doing that without thinking about it. But it's definitely doable. I was 8 when I could, no kidding. It was a challenge and I loved it, and I wanted to be Anne when I grew up.

[@ariaalexandria3324]

@@atomic.castle My 10-year-old takes an elective class that teaches both Spanish and sign, and she loves it!

[@alexisd8190]

Same here, I really want to learn to finger and sight read braille

[@angelheffner]

YAY! My blind student, Aleyah, and I started a Braille club at lunch time in our public school for the 7th and 8th graders! I taught myself Braille/have been teaching it to myself! I’ve loved being able to share the language with all the kids!

[@mackenzienitzel168]

I love that because I also have started something similar at my school. I'm in 7th grade so I had to get permission but... my blind friends where being left out at lunch. Both of them love to sing and play the piano. So with the help of the music teacher me and all the blind and visually impaired kids all meet up in the music room at lunch and we work on brailling there music notes to make it more accessible for them to learn.

[@niccoloreiss842]

I’m a med student and a paramedic, so I have tons of finger strength and sensitivity from learning to find veins by feel and doing grip strength stuff because I have EDS. I actually learned braille because of this video and figured out recently I can finger read it too if the bumps aren’t too worn, it’s actually really helpful for dark venues so thanks molly! You’re video has helped me be quicker to find patients in clubs when they pass out in bathrooms and I can’t tell which is which.

[@BabvBlues]

I'mm not blind but I loved this video!!

[@Amon69]

@@giovannisetaro262 she said she is not blind :/

[@jacoandsiso1305]

Same Edit: I'm not blind but from molly I can work out some brail. By looking at them not by feeling them.

[@janmakoli6380]

I was thinking how you type is and then I remembered typing exist

[@rachelromoser851]

I just saw a tv segment where someone has made a Braille smart watch! The face of it is the 6 cells and it connects to your phone with Bluetooth to give notifications in Braille - magnets under the face make the pins move. So cool!

[@alexysdeborah6910]

Here I am, a fully sighted person and I am in awed by Braille, I have always find it fascinating that people can read all the dots, just as much as ASL, I think more people should learn all of this, we should be able to understand each other better... You are awesome

[@jasmineisquirky]

i always forget she's blind because she's so good at eye contact with every single thing and she's such an amazing person and she's teaching so many people what is valuable i love her channel soooooo much

[@typicallyusual6984]

Yeah though it’s pretty annoying how people say she’s not blind. Like if you look carefully it’s obvious her eyes aren’t focused on things the way a sighted person would idk why that’s so hard to grasp. She is great at eye contact though.

[@hwijaego4157]

Yeah I love you

[@siennaboley]

My conclusion to this video: being blind is very expensive

[@HaleyMary]

Watching this video makes me want to learn Braille now. I read the book about Louis Braille when I was in elementary school and thought it was so interesting how he created his own language from poking holes in cardboard. I would love to see a video where you go more into depth of how you write each letter of the alphabet in Braille along with numbers and how to write sentences. You should make this into a whole series! I think it would be awesome!

[@harveyabel1354]

I also learned about him in elementary school.

[@Maruzella_]

I would also love to watch more on this... Was a tiny bit sad when it was only 21 minutes!

[@kmbell22]

If you want a fairly easy project buy a deck of Braille playing cards. It’s pretty easy to learn the thirteen symbols for the cards and the four symbols for the suits. The cards are also printed. Once you learn them, play a card game blindfolded with a friend.

[@HaleyMary]

@@kmbell22 That sounds like a good idea! Never knew there was Braille playing cards. Will have to look for those! Thanks for telling me about them.

[@juniper617]

It’s been done. Just search KZbin, and google.

[@pandaprincess3206]

I’m convinced that reading Braille is a legit superpower now.

[@jennifermarea8011]

I'm a Junior in college studying to be an elementary school teacher and this video is so helpful to me. My university doesn't teach us about ASL, Braille, or ESL and I feel that it's something we should REALLY be learning about as future educators. Please make this a series. It would be so helpful to me.

[@annabethchase4582]

That’s why I’m here too! I’m in secondary ed but have learned the ASL alphabet, am hoping to learn braille, and have begun Spanish classes. My mom is native so I have some experience. So glad there’s other educators doing this too!

[@crypt0w1tch]

I've always been curious how someone who's blind actually finds braille signs? I mean they could be anywhere and nowhere.

[@samiv.2342]

The Tommy Edison experience on KZbin has a video about that

[@jennas3212]

In countries with disability regulations requiring publicly displayed braille signage, they're at standardized locations (in terms of height, distance from doors, etc). Whether those regulations are actually followed, well... That's a bigger issue.

[@TheHappytan]

I was wondering that too cuz they have Braille on restroom signs but how do they find the sign?

[@Futu06]

@@TheHappytan They can find the door just by asking someone, signs are usually on the door. Ain't that deep. :D

[@katiea2228]

I’m not sure in general how it would work, but I’m thinking if they had a guide dog, the guide dog could probably be trained to point them in the right direction? I’m just going out on a limb here but those good boys and good girls are *SMART*

[@elleuzzell2266]

When you where talking about Uncontacted Braille and Contracted Braille it reminded me of Sign Language. ASL is my first language and I've learned that there are signs to shorten words or they just skip over some words like the, and, I, etc. because it would take so long to form one sentence. And I just think it's really cool how braille and sign language are connected in that way. Also I love you so much Molly and I think this video was amazing, very educational and I wanna learn braille now. #killerbee

[@jaydehall9731]

I am a Deaf Studies minor and part of that is becoming conversationally fluent in ASL and studying in linguistically. ASL is so efficient it's crazy. It makes English seem like the clunkiest/most round about language. It is like reading is 1D, spoken English is 2D, and ASL is 3D with how the gammer works. I have studied Spanish, Manderine, German, and Latin. I am very excited about linguistics in general. You probably already know everything that I mentioned, but I just think find it so freaking ingenuous.

[@billynicole7230]

@@jaydehall9731 Lovely!!!I would ask, can we speak, but you translate differently.I would press my fingers together-more. Thanks !

[@scorpio._.queen._.]

When you said you have to memorize everything while you're reading, that was the moment i knew I wouldn't be able to learn braille. Cuz I'm dyslexic and I most at the time need to read a sentence multiple times to remember and understand it. So I'm definitely out😂💕💕💕

[@flagerdevil]

that's apparently a thing in general when being blind... you better have a good memory!

[@scorpio._.queen._.]

@@flagerdevil something i don't have😅

[@dees3179]

@@scorpio._.queen._. You might find that because you are also coding different bits of your brain are activated. I'm dyslexic too and find that my memory for written word verses printed sheet music are different.

[@Rexaurus]

When she explained why learning braille is important next to technology. Spelling, grammar and an understanding of language. My dyslexia was laughing. I hate writing in my native language because there is no spelling control that works as well as grammarly in that language.

[@acedragon1456]

With my dyslexia and memory loss I think I would be doomed

[@forgetandmoveon]

Hi Molly! My name is Lina and I come from Colombia. I started watching your videos a year ago and it has been amazing to know about your story. Currently, I'm studying for being an English teacher, and like 2 weeks ago one of my professors gave us an interesting assignment. We had to create a book for children (I'm specialized in teaching English to young learners). To be honest, I did not know what to do. It may look like something easy to do, but it is not at all, and it is even more difficult when English is not your native language. You or anyone who may read this comment may be wondering why I'm telling you this... Well, I stumbled across one of your videos, the one about how you felt discriminated when you had to use transport apps, and your testimony was so touching for me and, it made me realize that a lot of children around the globe might be struggling to feel included and not discriminated at schools. That's why I decided to create a book addressed to visually impaired/blind children. I created the story and I translated it to grade 1 braille in English using a KZbin video and a braille translator (grade 2 braille looked too complicated for me and I did not have that much time). I also used different materials with different textures to create the characters of the book (it was about routines) and I tried to make it as interactive as possible. I presented my little book to my professor as well as my classmates, and I felt so good and proud because I got out of my comfort zone and I was able to create something that in a future may be used by a visually impaired/blind child to learn another language. Now, watching your video about your experience at writing and reading braille was amazing. I thought it was a marvelous coincidence and it made me even more interested in learning braille. Even though braille or special education falls outside my area of expertise, I strongly believe that all educators must create and ensure a safe environment in which all children regardless of their abilities or disabilities receive quality and inclusive education. So, I just wanted to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your inspiration and all the amazing content that you create on this platform. You are one of the few content creators that I really admire for your advocacy for access to education and inclusion. Thank you so much!

[@markamrhein1931]

Molly, a young adult. " I want braille legos." Molly, you are so kind and although I am not blind I think the legos are a cool nd fun idea. Also, when she was typing it was SO fast! I was amazed even though i have seen her type i am always amazed at how fast she can type and when I was in second grade my class used a half a dried green pees to writ in braille to help the girl in 5th grade feel more welcome and the messages were all to show how much she did matter because she tried to commit suicide nd because was in 2nd grade i was confused on the word but now in 6th grade nd being 12 not 8 makes a difference.

[@kenzieh.3112]

Could you please do a part 2 I am really interested in this braille code for the blind and even though I am sighted I want to learn more about it

[@cecefernandes5657]

Since my school is out for the rest of the year I would love for Molly to just teach us Brail and its history💙💜💙

[@kerryclark4742]

My ADHD deciding to focus on the fly in the background lol

[@jeffthebloodthirsty9388]

I would have probably done the same if I were still able to see it 🤣

[@every-band-kid.7906]

Molly" most of these people weren't born till 2006" Me"wow i was born in 2006....."

[@TheHappytan]

Same. I felt like I was being called out

[@kai-hs3db]

same mmao

[@kailipancocha2469]

@@kai-hs3db lmao* xD

[@kai-hs3db]

Kaili Pancocha mmao

[@joannew38]

I lost my majority of vision from 2 messed up eye surgery's when i was 39 years old. When i started being trained with my guidestick and the company i use to help keep my home "safe" 🙄 they refused to teach me braille. They didnt even really teach my husband the right way to guide me. Anyway when i expressed intrest in wanting just to see how it felt. I was screamed at and told i had better things to worry out. I from NY opened my door and told her that i had nothing to worry about but she needed to get the &#

[@joannew38]

I am 46 now BTW. My hubby just like blurting my age out

[@allisond.46]

That's awful.

[@vegahw]

Wow that’s awful! Hey, it’s never to late.

[@bbghoul_x]

Sending hugs. I'm so sorry that happened to you. :(

[@stacischuhmann]

So sorry that happened to you. You deserve to have all of the tools you want to live your best life!

[@ElReyDominicano612]

I met Dr. Nemmeth before he passed Great man May he rest in peace

[@abbyforth]

ElReyDominicano612 i also met him! But unfortunately his code is not being used anymore. So ridiculous in my opinion.

[@melindaschink6072]

I remember calling him on Christmas Eve when I was taking my Nemeth class. Such a sweet man! I love his "I can feel blue on Monday" speech.

[@dmp1177]

I'm a teacher-in-training, and watching this video has inspired a desire in me to learn Braille and teach at schools for the blind! I have friends who majored in ASL Education, but I've never heard about learning Braille to teach the blind or visually impaired until this video! Thank you for sharing all this awesome history and information and for the inspiration! :)

[@simplymedieval]

Love that you are doing this. When I was in daycare / preschool I had a friend that was blind, a friend that was deaf and a friend that sat in a wheelchair. They taught me a lot, braille being one of the things. I am so thankful for having them growing up, I now look at disabled people in a totally different way then many others. I have kind of a disability myself, I live with pain every day. But I can walk, se and hear. So I am one of the lucky ones. Keep up the good work in teaching people that all disability doesn't mean that you are a helpless victim. And that even that what many would describe as a weakness, can be a strength.

[@emmaseverydaylife3378]

I’m sighted, but I really want to learn Braille! Much love! 😊❤️

[@mattinfullvision9598]

You can, it is possible for sighted people to learn

[@angelheffner]

Emma's Everyday Life it’s pretty easy to catch on to at least the alphabet, I taught myself! 😋

[@emmaseverydaylife3378]

Angel Heffner that’s awesome!

[@Shellguez06]

@@angelheffner How did you fo it?

[@erikaspritzer9519]

I am as well and I would also love to learn it!

[@Neonbean-]

When you mentioned braille Legos, my mind immediately thought of braille Uno! I saw it at Target once and I thought that was really cool! I don’t know if it would be a good way to learn braille but it certainly would be fun to play!

[@Lucy-eg3tj]

Molly: senior kindergarten Me (from the UK): **visible confusion** huh

[@sabrinavw3193]

In Spanish there are opening question and exclamation marks, as well as closing ones. Do you think that would make reading more enjoyable?

[@justinherrera3722]

How so?

[@michellestoessel8427]

My grandma owned tons of slate and styluses, thats ALL she had, that's how she taught me to write out braille, now seeing thats how she wrote EVERYTHING even with these other options, her hand must have hurt a lot 😂

[@rebeccam590]

Wouldn't Braille be a writing system not a full language? Since you're transcribing English words in the same sentence structure.

[@Alina07061]

Rebecca M I was thinking that too but I think it’s because she mentioned it’s universal for all languages, it’s like a code that fits all languages so it’s become it’s own language? Esp with the shorthand version she was talking about idk

[@leafsgirl15]

Yup, definitely a writing system, not a language.

[@jdjendb8255]

@@Alina07061 no it doesn't because its own language , it's just like the cyrilic alphabet its a writing system used in several languages like Russian or Kazakh it doesn't mean it becomes its own language separated from the languages that uses it

[@AaaaNinja]

Yeah it's a writing system, Korean braille can also be used to write in English. There's a South-Pacific jungle tribe that adopted Hangul as their writing system. Has she never come across French or Spanish words in her own braille before?

[@rosie4967]

Braille isn’t universal it’s more like a letter system If you learnt English Braille you wouldn’t be able to read the braillle in China but there can be short hand versions which have less letters to represent a word to make it faster

[@clairah8700]

When I was in third grade, I had a friend who is blind. I wish I would've started watching your vids sooner so that I could have understood her more. You are such an inspiration Molly💜💙💜💙

[@MargoMB19]

YES PLEASE to more videos about Braille! More of the history, maybe a longer 'lesson' on how to use it, and I'd really love to hear more about your personal experience with learning it in terms of how hard/easy it was, if it was frustrating, how you felt about the whole thing in the beginning, etc.

[@nytehowler639]

When someone misspells a word do you laugh at how your text to voice reads it?

[@queengeorgia8594]

yeeeessssss I do that all the time its hilarious

[@susanwilliams2392]

@Grâce Wilson you should hear hashtags, honestly mostly their just gibberish. Which is why you should always capitalise the first letter of each word in a hashtag. But yes, screenreader spelling mistakes are funny, also foreign sounding place names, and also the times when a screenreader doesn't know which word to read for words that are spelled the same, so just picks one. ie I gave a bow to the king and picked up my bow and arrows or I want to live my life live streaming every second. It just picks one lol, so one is always wrong

[@alexisfernandes2621]

Grâce Wilson Yeah it does sound weird. There will be some where it will say it, but others where it won't.

[@skrittle555]

@@susanwilliams2392 Wow. I did not even think about that. That sounds funny but like it would get annoying really fast haha.

[@queengeorgia8594]

There's a picture book about Louis Braille that taught me about braille history from a very young age. It's pretty good, you should check it out. Edit: I belive it's called Six Dots

[@hannahk1306]

I remember doing a blind awareness week at school when I was about 8. We had to draw pictures with our eyes shut, be guided around the playground by a partner a breaktime (blindfolded) and decode some printed braille. We also watched a video re-enactment of Louis inventing braille and it was so much quicker than raised letters that his teachers thought he must be cheating somehow!

[@mainesobari]

Molly: *moving her fingers and teaching about the alphabets etc* Me: "what just happened?"

[@jayclynrogers5058]

I’m a sighted person and I love learning about all of this. I would absolutely love to see more Braille/informative videos!

[@jessifloyd8977]

You literally just uploaded this as I was just wanting to learn how to write in braille so I can write you a letter that won't have to be read to you! How incredible is this? Watching now!!

[@MollyBurkeOfficial]

Aw, that's so sweet! Thank you!

[@jessifloyd8977]

@@MollyBurkeOfficial Oh my goodness, you replied to me!! Thank you so much!! I can't wait to get a letter written to you!! You are incredible and so inspiring and I love you so much!! Never stop what you're doing!!!!!

[@Apledore]

My neighbor growing up was the teacher for the visually impaired in our school district. She gave me a Braille poster, and let me borrow one of her Braille machines regularly. I would sit there for hours typing out whatever came into my head. But - being sighted - I never learned to read it with my fingers! I always figured I was the only person who read Braille with my eyes. :) Thanks for a pleasant trip down memory lane!

[@Christine-id8uy]

My 12 yr old daughter loved your video. She went blind in 2018 and she's been learning braille since then. She's just started high school and she now uses a Polaris to do all school work on. She absolutely adores you and she gets so excited when a new video comes out 💜

[@SKYYLOVE]

*love & light to everyone reading this* 🕊

[@annabanana9863]

I didnt expect you to be do fast still. I got a fright but I guess it's something that also would stay with you forever. Such an amazing video and thank you 😊 Also, love your book, just finished it a second time

[@tpwkchrissy]

I'm so glad they provide all of these things for blind people! I'm not blind but I've always wanted to learn sign language and brail, so I can speak to people.

[@gubdubgaming2981]

there was a girl in my school who was almost bling, so she was legally blind, literally, and one day she was learning braille as well, so when everyone else was doing something like improving our hand writing she went out and did something different like learn braille. every time she went out to do something she would get to take out one person with her and on one of the days she chose me because we were friends, and what her helper did ws wrote the 6 numbers on our and and learnt brail like that, it was pretty cool tbh.

[@purplebelieber13]

Hi molly :) Im partially blind and have nystagmus (i use a white cane) Your videos inspire me so much and its amazing to watch your videos as they feel relatable to things i deal with Ive just started leaning grade 1 braille but struggling a little bit but you inspired me to start learning it and i will keep learning You are so amazing molly Much love from the UK ❤

[@shannonbannanie4370]

1999... I was in my first year of college. Old lady me is gonna go hide in a corner. Also my mom is a Burke. Maybe we are 14th cousins 6 times removed.

[@dallymoo7816]

1990 lol

[@ahnmichael1484]

This is SUCH a fascinating and well-presented video - thank you so much! I'm trained in linguistics and always reflecting on what technologies can help us (especially marginalised communities) learn and communicate and navigate the world of language. I have never seen such a thorough introduction to this topic, so again, thank you immensely

[@Foxys10]

My friend when we were growing up hated learning Braille. I would read to her in the library because it was more enjoyable to her. There were raised pictures in her books that would kind of look like what was going on in the story. I was so happy for her when they got audible books. She was so happy.

[@aquaticangel3380]

That’s awesome! I’m not blind, but I know someone who is. It’s amazing that you try to help! You’re just so inspirational!

[@justkibby5959]

I've used a Braille machine before, it was very hard to figure out at 1st but once you get going it's like a normal typewriter. I have terrible spelling though, so without auto correct I could never be a professional Braille typer

[@Alleellaa]

😂 using the high-pattern paper for assignments you didn't want your teacher to easily read!! 😏 I love it. That's definitely something I would do, too haha. Thank you for sharing your experiences with us! It's like I've gone my whole life without really being aware of this entirely different way of life. I'm quite embarrassed about this ignorance... but I am learning now! And, thanks to you, I am able to learn about life without sight! Really glad I found this channel ❤️

[@mackenzienitzel168]

I'm 12 years old and I am in a program at my school where I help a student who is blind complete here tasks like brailling. So with that I picked up some braille. I aspire to be able to braille just as fast as you do. I can finger read some of the simple letters but still mix up m's & n's and i's & e's. I love that you share the history of braille with the community because when I was first learning I could not find very many videos on the history of brailling and the proper technique. I now know how to braille and hope that some day I will be able to use it in m future. You inspire me every day and help me a lot when it comes to how to properly interact and help my friend who is blind.

[@ehriebear]

Mollyyyyyyy!! I just watched this one and to be honest, I am really fond of learning languages. I wanted to learn something not everyone understands. And right after I finished watching this video, I went ahead and googled a list of Braille alphabet and numbers. And I must say, the way you taught where each dots corresponds the Brailler helped me memorized the whole alphabet (not totally though, I can't do it randomly yet). I was like singing the alphabet while typing it out. I just had to memorize A to J then the pattern is the same with just dot 3 for the next 10 letters and a remember that W is letter J with dot 6. It's like I'm playing piano but Braille. I hope I could get the hang of it and really learn to use it. 😍😍

[@jj-qu2ml]

Molly I dyed my hair description pink untill the roots with my original Hazel hair for the top of the fade Love you molly you gave me the confidence to do this and I love it

[@sinkingtheboat]

They should have Braille on every laptop it wouldn’t be that hard to add

[@nakog8686]

I mean putting it on every single laptop would be insanely impractical and a waste of space for sighted people, but there does need to be stuff like cheap specialized laptops with Braille or like cheap USB Braille displays.

[@roodlyfbuts8006]

Why cater to the few?

[@noahfox179]

They have braille stickers made for keyboards for like $20

[@kathymichael7224]

Actually, braille on a regular computer keyboard is not necessary. All my blind and low vision students learn the keyboard. If you will notice there is a dot or a raised mark on the letters F and J on the keyboard to center the user on the home row keys. Then they learn key commands for use without the mouse and a screen reader. An example of a key command is press ALT 'F" then see the menu the pops up. The screen reader will read what's in that menu but the kids memorize the letters for each function in that menu. I try to get all my students to learn the keyboard by third grade.

[@Crimson_Cheetah]

I just memorized the computer keyboard. I do regular touch typing on my phone too, I hit the wrong things all the time but autocorrect can fix most of it because I’m too impatient to type slower lol. I think being able to hear what I write helps me make less typos. Braille on a computer keyboard would be impractical imo. It’s just quicker to memorize, rather than take the time to comprehend the symbol on each key before pressing it. That would slow us way down.

[@chronically.advocating]

Ya know what I love about this other than all of the fascinating info (and I'm serious about that)? It's the fact that one of the first things you preach is proper ergonomics. No matter if you are blind or sighted, using a brailler or a keyboard wrists level to slightly up will save you a ton of pain in the future. If you have wrists down and fingers up you run a very high risk of strains and developing carpal tunnel. So thank you for the wonderful information, and the ergonomics lesson everyone can benefit from both of these.

[@nicolecmoucheron]

THIS IS WHY I WATCH AND LOVE KZbin AND YOU MOLLY!! Thank you so much I've always been curious about Braille

[@anthonyhackett785]

Hello Nicole. m.kzbin.info/door/ItlLTOci7wcorW4A1JAY7wvideos. If you like Molly. Then, you might also like this girl. She's going blind and wants to leave a mark on the world be for that happens. Have a nice day.

[@smileyfacepancakes]

wow molly, you are so inspiring! lysm!

[@anthonyhackett785]

Hello Olivia. m.kzbin.info/door/ItlLTOci7wcorW4A1JAY7wvideos. If you like Molly. Then, you might also like this girl. She's going blind and wants to leave a mark on the world be for that happens. Have a nice day.

[@WritingSch]

Lol so awkward

[@dixielandcoryvillanu]

A video on perceptual differences (sensory) between reading books in Braille vs. listening to them as audiobooks, please! that would be fascinating :)

[@laurenmarie105]

I teach English in South Korea, and I have a student who is almost blind (I'm not sure which condition she has though). She is incredibly sweet and smart and it makes me so sad because the other students don't want to work with her or help her get around. I wish guide dogs were common here, but sadly Korea isn't super accessible for anyone with a disability (my own father can't even come here or it would be difficult for him). It makes it more difficult because the school cannot afford to buy the special technology that she needs to learn, and her mother refuses to buy it and is trying to force the school to buy it for her (A losing battle). I'm glad that I have watched your videos for a long time, so once I had a student who is visually impaired, It helps me to prepare lessons that she can also participate in. I sometimes tell her about your youtube channel, as I think it would boost her confidence. Thank you for making these videos.

[@karlahabbershaw1971]

OMG when you started going through the ABCs I could not keep up, this would take me forever to get the hang of. I struggled enough with learning to read with sight as a kid.

[@katieg4083]

There was a My America book called "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall" about a girl who goes to a school for the blind in the 1930s. I distinctly remember part of it being about how she had to use that stylus thing! I loved it, I hope there's an audiobook version.

[@yaboiandy7307]

Katie G I read that book!! I was thinking about it the whole time

[@Genie86333]

I love that you mention that you have to do it backwards if you use the slate and stylus. I remember the first time I tried to leave my dad a note in Braille and I didn't know you had to do it backwards. He did manage to figure it out but it was worth a good laugh. I was so proud of myself, before I started backwards. I only knew how to do the alphabet at all because my dad had an ashtray that had the Braille alphabet around the outside and that was how I taught myself Braille. We had one of those machine ones like the one that you have in Toronto, but never really used it.

[@ahutton9821]

I'm very fortunate. I went to public school in the seventies. I had itinerant teachers from the state agency for the blind who would teach me my blindness skills at home. My teachers for braille have all been blind to this day. My cane travel instructors have all been blind, up until this summer when my rehab teacher moved out of state, now I have my first sighted cane travel instructor.

[@karleighlivingston5626]

I just want to at least have a general idea of how to read braille for my blind and deaf friend.

[@megankidd4671]

Are they two different people or one person?

[@Margar02]

@@megankidd4671 one probably or they would have said "friends". Usher syndrome is probably what they have

[@youtubeyoungestgrandmastor4523]

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[@trude8073]

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[@trude8073]

Megan Kidd Since she didn't use a plutal it would probably be one person ☺️ I'm a sign language interpreter, we use tactile sign language alot ☺️ although, maybe the blind and deaf friend could learn Braille themselves? Many of the blind and deaf I know (through work) use Braille for most written stuff. Everything from text messages to books. Most of them have Braille displays with them everywhere. I was interpreting for a deaf blind person in IKEA. They received a text message and we had to walk to the dining room area so they could sit down and chat with their friend ☺️ it was cute, they were smiling and laughing, it was probably a nice chat 😉

[@summerkennedy348]

This is very informative. I always wondered why people didn't raise letters and didn't realize they have to be so big. Braille is so cool.

[@right.where.you.left.me.]

I can imagine me watching this at 2:00 in the morning and my mom walks in and says" that blue light is bad for your eyes you could go blind" and me showing her the phone saying "well im training for that"

[@kmbell22]

In 1996 I was in my 30s and found out I needed eye surgery on my only eye that sees. I had 20/35 vision in that eye and no vision in the other. They told me I’d have to have a patch for 48 hours, so I’d be totally blind. It was scary but I decided to make it an adventure. I learned the letters and numbers and checked out a few children’s Braille books from the library. Then I went to Lighthouse for the blind and bought a deck of Braille playing cards. I then learned the tactile Braille cards by blindfolding myself so I couldn’t see the dots or the print on the cards and I had people test my ability to read the cards. I had my surgery and even though it took FOREVER, I played a game of cribbage with my dad and won! Now the joke is that I beat my dad at cribbage with my eyes closed. Thanks for sharing. I don’t have much use for Braille now but I can still read the numbers on elevator buttons and hotel rooms. It’s kind of a cool skill.

[@tatumwatkins2956]

I’m so glad you made this video! For a school project I actually did an entire essay in Braille and it was a really cool process but oh my it was quite difficult

[@kaylapainter2630]

I’ve been reading braille since I was 5 years old.I learned grade 2 braille at about age 8.

[@titanbuck7]

Ty for continuing to post videos. They really help during this trying time.

[@The_A_Cast]

I’m an American Sign Language interpreter and every country has their own version of signing. So the fact that every country uses the same component for Braille is so amazing to me!

[@petrishalee2315]

This is super cool! I’m going to try to read some braille while I’m stuck at home for the next 3 weeks. Thanks Molly🥰

[@Matt_the_Bat444]

Thank you! I have always wanted to learn the language of the blind. For some reason I always felt braile on signs and always wondered the code in the beautiful dots. This was a wonderful video Molly!

[@harveyabel1354]

"Beautiful dots"....love your take on this!

[@kerlina84]

Hey Molly! I learned Braille 3 years ago when I was put with a 3rd grade girl who is rapidly losing her eyesight, (I was a teaching assistant). I'm not fluent, but I fell in love with the "code", and even though they sent her to a deaf and blind school, I still continue to practice often. I really enjoyed watching this video to refresh my love for it. Thanks for the wonderful video! 💖🦸‍♀️

[@isablenicodemus6229]

I started to lose my vision at age 10 and now I am 14 and a freshman in high school. I started learning Braile 4 weeks ago and have only been doing it for 9 days with a teacher. I learned really fast and now I am writing and fluently and almost to where I can read fluently. I wish I would have started to learn sooner because it is so helpful!