--- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, grendl löfkvist <grendl_lofkvist@...>
wrote:

>
> Hello all:
>
> Are there any writing systems for the blind (Braille, etc.) that

are or were written

> boustrophedonically (i.e. right to left to right, etc.)?

The moon code was developed by Dr William Moon of Brighton in 1847.
Since it has similarities to ordinary print characters, it is easier
to learn by blind persons who previously read visually. However it
has the disadvantage that it takes about 80 times the volume of the
print version. Also, the high cost of production has meant that very
few books are printed in this medium. The number of moon readers has
dwindled to about 400, most of whom are in the UK.

Up to recently moon was produced boustrophedon (which literally
means turning as oxen in plowing) which meant that the user did not
have the problem of backtracking from the end of one line to the
beginning of the next. This type of presentation is also called
serpentine or meander; it was used by the Greeks in ordinary writing
at about 0 AD. The disadvantage was the perceptual problem of
reading alternate lines in reverse.

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Suzanne