Personal stories from Braille s around the world and how this very simple invention of six little dots continues to transform lives.
Built around a game of Braille Scrabble, Emma Tracey presents a celebration of Braille, 200 years after it was invented. Emma, who has been blind since birth, talks to others who love the six tiny dots: Geerat Vermeij, one of the world’s leading experts in molluscs; Yetnebersh Nigussie, an Ethiopian lawyer, who describes her blindness as ‘a lottery I won at the age of five; Sheri Wells-Jensen, a linguistics professor who has been a linguistic consultant on Star Trek and is on the US advisory board for messaging extra-terrestrial intelligence; Japanese concert pianist, Nobuyuki Tsujii, who learnt to play using Braille music; and Emma's friend and Scrabble partner, Ellie.
And there is a chance encounter with the most famous Braille of them all, Stevie Wonder.
But can Braille survive with the ever-increasing supply of tech that allows blind people to listen to, rather than feel, information?
Presenter: Emma Tracey
Producer: Adele Armstrong
Sound design: Steve Brooke
Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith
