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[[File:Six Principal Systems of Embossed Type.jpg|thumb|400px|Tactile scripts for English, circa 1900.]]
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A [[Tactile Script]] is a writing system which is not intended for visual interpretation, but is "read" by touch instead. Some ''can'' be read by sight, but that is a side effect or unintended circumstance of their design; other such scripts may be designed or used in such a way as to force touch-only interpretation. Such scripts can be either alternative alphabets for blind speakers of a language, or be the only alphabet for a language spoken by a culture or species which is blind or puts a low value on the use of sight.
Do not confuse [[Tactile Script]]s with writing systems which transcribe non-oral communication like Telepathy, and which cannot be understood at all by persons or species lacking the relevant means of communication.
Compare [[Alternate Number System]].
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== Tabletop Games ==
* ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]''
** ''Illithiad'' (''Monstrous Arcana'') introduced Qualith script, fit for the way telepathic creatures think. It usually consists of 4 striated lines flowing on, best read with tentacles. Certain symbols (Creed identifiers) use 6 lines.
** ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' has an Elven tradition of bidding via ''yulthaari''. It's an IOU note in the form of small platinum tube with "writing" on the inside that
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== Real Life ==
* The most widely known real-world system is the Braille alphabet for blind people, but there are others, such as [http://www.rnib.org.uk/braille-and-moon-tactile-codes/moon Moon code]. Several such scripts, including Braille and Moon, can be seen in the image above.
* Ameslan and other [[Signed Language]] systems can be used as Tactile Scripts for those who are deaf and blind. The best-known example is probably [[w:Helen Keller|Helen Keller]], as seen in ''[[The Miracle Worker]]''.
* Perhaps the most extreme real tactile system is [[w:Vibratese|Vibratese]], created in 1957. Instead of being based around some manner of alphabet embossed into a surface like Braille, it instead used ''patterns of vibrations'' for letters, numerals, and presumably punctuation. It never achieved wide usage, and as of the early 21st century has all but disappeared; there is almost no information left on it.
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