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  • He ran his hands lightly down the wall as though he were brailling the stone, learning it by heart.

    Sonnet of the Sphinx Diana Killian 2006

  • Millimeter by millimeter her fingers slid down the weapon, brailling its features until she could finally feel the trigger guard and knew the butt of the pistol was almost in her grasp.

    State of the Union Brad Thor 2004

  • Millimeter by millimeter her fingers slid down the weapon, brailling its features until she could finally feel the trigger guard and knew the butt of the pistol was almost in her grasp.

    State of the Union Brad Thor 2004

  • Millimeter by millimeter her fingers slid down the weapon, brailling its features until she could finally feel the trigger guard and knew the butt of the pistol was almost in her grasp.

    State of the Union Brad Thor 2004

  • Ms Barrit had been brailling for 30 years and had transcribed 42 titles.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 1996

  • Her mother was her transcriber, brailling texts and handouts or else typing them into the computer.

    Fred's Head from APH 2008

  • Her mother was her transcriber, brailling texts and handouts or else typing them into the computer.

    Fred's Head from APH 2008

  • Her mother was her transcriber, brailling texts and handouts or else typing them into the computer.

    Fred's Head from APH 2008

  • Her mother was her transcriber, brailling texts and handouts or else typing them into the computer.

    Fred's Head from APH 2008

  • Her mother was her transcriber, brailling texts and handouts or else typing them into the computer.

    Fred's Head from APH 2008

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  • With regular Scrabble tiles it is possible to cheat by feeling for favorable letters or blanks. Brailling can be prevented by the use of protiles or tournament tiles.

    January 3, 2010

  • Fascinating. I must try that!

    ;-)

    January 3, 2010

  • Always wondered about that! Very interesting.

    January 3, 2010

  • If you're particularly sensitive, it also works with flipping a coin (or even playing Rummikub).

    January 3, 2010

  • I used to play with a friend who had a braille Scrabble set with brailled tiles and large print letters. Our rule was that anyone who could read braille had to get their hand out of the tile bag very quickly, or else (not sure what the "or else" was... probably losing a turn or something).

    January 3, 2010