Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Earth / Checking the Waste: A Study in Conservation / Braille

Checking the Waste: A Study in Conservation ⠃⠗⠋ 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

414,516 braille cells · 438 embossed pages at 40×25 · 290 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.