Designing communication

Language is complicated, isn’t it?

With over 7,000 languages in use across the globe (if you want to know more head over to Ethnologue), and more than 270 scripts used to write those languages, communication can be complex. Add visual impairment into the mix and it gets even more so.

Five years ago, a Japanese inventor named Kosuke Takahashi created a system to replace traditional Braille, the raised dots that are used by visually impaired people. In its place he made Braille Neue, a that still uses dots but simplifies their placement so that the text is quicker and easier to understand. What an elegant solution to a tricky problem!

_{Thank you to our South African reader who sent this link in to share.}