Library / Education / What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know / Braille
What the Mother of a Deaf Child Ought to Know ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition
Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.
Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt
105,260 braille cells · 111 embossed pages at 40×25 · 277 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.