Never seen that before...

I forgot to write about something we say on the train on the way back from London Bridge Station yesterday

An old chappie sitting across from us was running his hands across the page of a book. At first glance I thought he had a tremor and it was that that was making his hand move. 

But after watching him surreptitiously The Man and I realised he was reading.

Yes that’s right reading with his fingers.

Reading Braille.

Neither of us have ever seen anyone doing that before.

We were fascinated at the speed his fingers moved along the lines.

So Mir Wiki what have you to say about this

Braille /ˈbreɪl/^[a] is a tactile writing system used by the blind and the visually impaired that is used for books, menus, signs, elevator buttons, and currency. Braille-users can read computer screens and other electronic supports thanks to refreshable braille displays. They can write braille with the original slate and stylus or type it on a braille writer, such as a portable braille note-taker, or on a computer that prints with a braille embosser.
Braille is named after its creator, Frenchman Louis Braille, who went blind following a childhood accident. At the age of 15, Braille developed his code for the French alphabet in 1824 as an improvement on night writing. He published his system, which subsequently included musical notation, in 1829.^[2] The second revision, published in 1837, was the first digital (binary) form of writing.
Braille characters are small rectangular blocks called cells that contain tiny palpable bumps called raised dots. The number and arrangement of these dots distinguish one character from another. Since the various braille alphabets originated as transcription codes of printed writing systems, the mappings (sets of character designations) vary from language to language. Furthermore, in English Braille there are three levels of encoding: Grade 1, a letter-by-letter transcription used for basic literacy; Grade 2, an addition of abbreviations and contractions; and Grade 3, various non-standardized personal shorthands.
In the face of screen-reader software, braille usage has declined. Braille education remains important for developing reading skills among blind and visually impaired children as braille literacy correlates with higher employment rates.