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Fakoo

Fakoo is a tactile writing system based on nine raised dots. It was invented in 2006 by Alexander Fakoó as a counterpart to Braille. Latin characters were converted into 3 x 3 raised dots so they could be read by both blind and seeing people.

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Fakoo is a tactile writing system based on nine raised dots.1 It was invented in 20062 by Alexander Fakoó as a counterpart to Braille. Latin characters were converted into 3 x 3 raised dots so they could be read by both blind and seeing people.

Fakoo
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2006 – present
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