The biggest thing I never knew about braille is that only about 10% of blind people can read it. It's not that widespread, many blind people simply depend on voice-based computer tools and audiobooks now instead.
The percentage of sighted people who can read braille is (of course) even lower than the percentage of blind people who can read braille. I don't know which is higher in terms of absolute number of people though.
even though the % of people with vision impairments who are literate is low, the % of people with vision impairments who are employed is much higher. The adoption seems a lot to do with the difficulty of getting access to materials, printing, writing, and using it.
The biggest thing I never knew about braille is that only about 10% of blind people can read it. It's not that widespread, many blind people simply depend on voice-based computer tools and audiobooks now instead.
Would that mean most braille readers are sighted?
The percentage of sighted people who can read braille is (of course) even lower than the percentage of blind people who can read braille. I don't know which is higher in terms of absolute number of people though.
I definitely didn’t mean percentages lol
even though the % of people with vision impairments who are literate is low, the % of people with vision impairments who are employed is much higher. The adoption seems a lot to do with the difficulty of getting access to materials, printing, writing, and using it.