Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Flames / Braille

Flames ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

819,971 braille cells · 855 embossed pages at 40×25 · 7,852 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠀⠎⠊⠇⠧⠻⠀⠎⠁⠇⠧⠻⠎⠀⠋⠀⠛⠗⠁⠞⠑⠋⠥⠇⠀⠏⠁⠞⠊⠢⠞⠎⠲⠀⠠⠷⠞⠢⠀⠵
⠀⠀⠓⠑⠀⠎⠁⠞⠀⠾⠀⠐⠎⠀⠙⠬⠽⠤⠋⠁⠉⠫⠀⠉⠕⠍⠏⠇⠁⠔⠁⠝⠞⠂⠀⠇⠊⠌⠢⠬
⠀⠞⠕⠀⠁⠀⠗⠑⠉⠊⠞⠁⠇⠀⠷⠀⠀⠎⠊⠉⠅⠝⠑⠎⠎⠀⠕⠗⠀⠥⠞⠞⠻⠬⠀
⠙⠊⠗⠑⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠁⠃⠳⠞⠀⠁⠧⠕⠊⠙⠁⠝⠉⠑⠀⠷⠀⠛⠗⠑⠢⠀⠍⠑⠁⠞⠂⠀
⠎⠁⠥⠉⠑⠎⠂⠀⠀⠏⠁⠌⠗⠽⠂⠀⠯⠀⠇⠊⠟⠥⠊⠙⠎⠂⠀⠞⠊⠇⠇⠀⠮⠀
⠁⠞⠍⠕⠎⠏⠓⠻⠑⠀⠎⠑⠑⠍⠫⠀⠞⠀⠷⠀⠁⠀⠓⠕⠎⠏⠊⠞⠁⠇⠂⠀⠁⠀⠀
⠏⠁⠌⠗⠽⠤⠉⠕⠕⠅⠄⠎⠀⠩⠕⠏⠀⠯⠀⠁⠀⠃⠜⠀⠉⠕⠍⠃⠔⠫⠂⠀⠓⠑⠀⠴⠀
⠎⠊⠇⠢⠞⠇⠽⠀⠑⠭⠁⠍⠔⠬⠀⠮⠀⠀⠏⠁⠞⠊⠢⠞⠄⠎⠀⠎⠳⠇⠂⠀⠋⠁⠉⠬⠀⠊⠞⠎
⠀⠏⠗⠕⠃⠁⠃⠇⠑⠀⠧⠁⠛⠜⠊⠑⠎⠂⠀⠍⠁⠏⠏⠬⠀⠕⠥⠞⠀⠮⠀⠞⠳⠗⠎⠀⠭⠀⠀
⠸⠓⠀⠞⠁⠅⠢⠂⠀⠎⠡⠑⠍⠬⠀⠿⠀⠊⠞⠎⠀⠺⠑⠇⠋⠜⠑⠲⠀⠠⠯⠂⠀⠏⠻⠓⠁⠏⠎⠂
⠀⠁⠋⠞⠻⠀⠮⠀⠙⠊⠑⠞⠜⠽⠀⠴⠀⠀⠁⠗⠗⠁⠝⠛⠫⠀⠯⠀⠮⠀
⠏⠗⠑⠎⠉⠗⠊⠏⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀⠴⠀⠺⠗⠊⠞⠞⠢⠂⠀⠓⠑⠀⠺⠳⠇⠙⠀⠎⠁⠽⠀
⠉⠜⠑⠇⠑⠎⠎⠇⠽⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠙⠀⠽⠀⠗⠑⠁⠙⠀⠍⠥⠡⠦⠀⠠⠱⠁⠞⠀⠙⠀⠽⠀
⠗⠑⠁⠙⠦⠀⠠⠁⠓⠖⠀⠎⠥⠡⠀⠯⠀⠎⠥⠡⠀⠃⠕⠕⠅⠎⠲⠀⠠⠽⠑⠎⠂⠀⠧⠀⠀
⠊⠝⠞⠻⠑⠌⠬⠲⠀⠠⠙⠀⠽⠀⠐⠅⠀⠹⠊⠎⠀⠃⠕⠕⠅⠀⠱⠊⠡⠀⠓⠁⠎⠀⠌⠗⠥⠉⠅⠀
⠍⠑⠀⠛⠗⠑⠁⠞⠇⠽⠦⠀⠠⠝⠕⠦⠀⠠⠁⠇⠇⠪⠀⠀⠍⠑⠀⠞⠕⠀⠇⠢⠙⠀⠭⠀⠞⠕⠀
⠽⠲⠀⠠⠛⠕⠕⠙⠤⠃⠽⠑⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠯⠀⠮⠀⠏⠁⠞⠊⠢⠞⠀⠙⠑⠏⠜⠞⠫⠂⠀
⠊⠛⠝⠕⠗⠁⠝⠞⠀⠞⠀⠓⠑⠀⠸⠓⠀⠗⠑⠉⠑⠊⠧⠫⠀⠁⠀⠏⠊⠇⠇⠀⠿⠀⠦⠀⠀⠎⠳⠇
⠀⠋⠀⠮⠀⠏⠗⠊⠑⠌⠀⠵⠀⠺⠑⠇⠇⠀⠵⠀⠁⠀⠏⠊⠇⠇⠀⠿⠀⠦⠀⠃⠕⠙⠽⠀⠋⠀⠮⠀
⠙⠕⠉⠞⠕⠗⠲⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠔⠀⠁⠏⠏⠑⠜⠁⠝⠉⠑⠀⠠⠙⠗⠲⠀⠠⠇⠑⠧⠊⠇⠇⠊⠻⠀⠴
⠀⠎⠍⠁⠇⠇⠂⠀⠎⠇⠊⠛⠓⠞⠂⠀⠯⠀⠙⠑⠇⠊⠉⠁⠞⠑⠀⠇⠕⠕⠅⠬⠲⠀⠀⠠⠦⠀
⠉⠕⠍⠏⠇⠑⠭⠊⠕⠝⠀⠴⠀⠉⠇⠑⠜⠀⠯⠀⠱⠊⠞⠑⠲⠀⠠⠦⠀⠑⠽⠑⠎⠀⠶⠀
⠃⠇⠥⠑⠲⠀⠠⠱⠁⠞⠀⠓⠁⠊⠗⠀⠓⠑⠀⠀⠏⠕⠎⠎⠑⠎⠎⠫⠀⠴⠀⠗⠀⠎⠷⠞⠂⠀
⠋⠇⠥⠋⠋⠽⠀⠯⠀⠗⠫⠙⠊⠩⠂⠀⠾⠀⠁⠀⠙⠁⠩⠀⠷⠀⠇⠊⠛⠓⠞⠀⠀⠃⠗⠪⠝⠀⠔⠀
⠭⠲⠀⠠⠓⠑⠀⠺⠕⠗⠑⠀⠝⠑⠊⠮⠗⠀⠃⠑⠜⠙⠀⠝⠕⠗⠀⠍⠳⠌⠁⠡⠑⠂⠀⠴⠀

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.