Florence, February 18, 2016 – To celebrate the braille , the raised writing system that allows blind people to read, and to raise public opinion against those who do not see, our Parliament established the national Braille Day, which falls on the February 21 .
on that occasion, the Italian Union of the Blind and Visually impaired has organized events throughout Italy and the national will be held in Florence on February 20 , the 13 Theatre Institute blind via Nicolodi 2.
the action Florentine were presented this morning at the Cherubini Conservatory in the presence of President of the Tuscan regional Council UIC Quatraro Antonio, the president of the Florentine Niccolo section Zeppi, the technicians of the Braille printing house of the Tuscany Region, the engineer Antonio Azzalin, lead author and Braille, audio conference, the Maestro Luigi Mariani, who is blind, conductor, with the landlord, the master Paolo Zampini, director of the conservatory.
on Saturday, therefore, Institute of via Nicolodi will raise the curtain on a dense morning of meetings, debates and award ceremonies. After the greetings of President Antonio Quatraro and Senator Rosa Maria Di Giorgi, space in a number of reports during which he will talk about the role of the Italian club Braille giving space to reflections on the day.
At 10.45 panel discussion on the promotion of Braille by the institutions and, again, an important testimony on the application of Braille under educational and scientific . In this regard, it will be presented the ‘ app’ braille text ‘, developed by engineer computer Claudio Guide, which turns the iPhone into a braille keyboard. There will also be an ‘ musical performance of soloists blind. In the coming weeks there will also be a concert of the orchestra’s musicians directed by Luigi Cherubini Mariani, a blind musician.
Just with Mariani, during the presentation of the initiative this morning, has been made a videoconference link , thanks to which the teacher could guide the young musicians of the Cherubini in the execution of a piece by Haydn.
Going back to Saturday, which will also take part the director of the museum of Science Galileo Galilei Paul Galluzzi, grand finale with the regional school Office Domenico Petruzzo that will reward the winning students of the national competition on the Braille code. Finally expected Eike Schmidt, director of the Uffizi.
The Braille, remember Quatraro, it remains essential even in the digital age. It is in fact another way to read and write through a code made up of just 64 symbols which is based on six raised dots, read by scrolling your finger tips. The beauty is that it can represent any alphabet and also any formula or musical score.
Louis Braille, the inventor, has developed this particular writing in 1825, aged just 16 years after over the centuries it had been numerous failed attempts. Braille sign takes on many meanings, depending on the context in which it appears. It is used in every moment of private and professional life. Used to play cards, recognize the medicines or get closer to the most advanced museums in terms of accessibility. In addition, to communicate comfortably with the computer, it was also invented the Braille display.
Even those who see may write and read short messages in Braille thanks to Braille lead, a tactile tour ticket which was presented on the occasion of the press conference. Low cost, requires only two minutes for learning. In short, was created to make it as friendly as possible the approach to the Braille language.
“This day for us is like a New Year’s important, because the Braille for the blind throughout the world is the end of slavery ignorance, the right way of education, one that can save the world, opening the eyes of the mind and the heart – the words of Quatraro -. Braille was born first and foremost in order to enable the blind to make music not by amateurs. The performance of the young people of the Cherubini Conservatory directed by Luigi Mariani Master is the living symbol of true inclusion, played on understanding, empathy, which goes beyond the limits of vision. “
” With the printing house Braille – said the regional Minister Stefania Saccardi – Tuscany Region has two core activities, the production of both textbooks and reading for blind and visually impaired students of the Tuscan school of texts and maps touch to access museums and other artistic and cultural itineraries. A task that we are proud to play with Italian Union blind and visually impaired, and we want to increase that to help increase the chances for everyone to access to knowledge, education and culture. In this context also it places the prestigious collaboration with the Galileo Museum which displays captions in a route and guides in braille for the blind and large print for the visually impaired made by our Regional Printing House. So we welcome initiatives such as the National Day of Braille that help to raise awareness and promote an ingenious method that remains essential and that even the most modern technological tools have failed to replace. “
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