Add de-facto specs for Georgian

README.md

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 Refer to the official documents at the [website](http://www.bskdl.org/braillesysteme.html) of the *Brailleschriftkomitee der deutschsprachigen Länder*
 
+## [Georgian](georgian/README.md)
+
 ## [Hebrew](hebrew/README.md)
 
 ## [Irish](irish/README.md)

georgian/README.md

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+# Georgian
+
+There is no official standard for Georgian braille. However a group of
+very dedicated people from the Georgian Braille printing house and the
+Georgian School For Blind maintain a de-facto standard.
+
+## Origins and history of Georgian Braille
+
+Georgian Braille was adopted in 1890s. In 1892 the first boarding-school
+for blind was opened in Tbilisi. Georgian blind students and teachers
+used Georgian Braille only in handwriting. The Braille printed books
+were supplied from Russia since late 1960s. In 1967 a printing house
+Skhivi was established in Tbilisi Georgia. The printing house was owned
+by the Georgian Blind Union.
+
+In 1990s, after the collapse of Soviet Union, the printing press stopped
+working until 2005. The new generation Braille books were introduced to
+blind users in 2005 and school textbooks are being printed since 2012.
+There is still only one printing press in Georgia. The Braille printing
+is fully based on the letters and symbols which were used in 1967-1992.
+
+The Georgian Braille is standardized, due to the fact that there is only
+one printing house and the persons who are employed there are skilled in
+use of Braille. They are the teachers of the school for blind and
+members of the Georgian Blind Union. There is only one magazine printed
+in Braille in Georgia and that is also printed in the same printing
+house. The national exams to enter the university are prepared by the
+personnel employed at the Braille printing house
+
+## Contacts
+
+With additional questions regarding the Georgian Braille, interested
+persons can address:
+
+Mariam Mikiashvili deputy director of the School For Blind at
+
+<[email protected]>
+
+Khatuna Gogidze director of the Braille printing house at
+
+<[email protected]>
+
+## References
+- The Georgian book on [Teaching braille](ბრაილის შრიფტის სწავლება -.docx)
+