Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / How To / The Complete Home / Braille

The Complete Home ⠃⠗⠋ 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

313,226 braille cells · 331 embossed pages at 40×25 · 676 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.