Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Is Life Worth Living? / Braille

Is Life Worth Living? ⠃⠗⠋ 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

415,613 braille cells · 430 embossed pages at 40×25 · 841 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.