Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Art / Overbeck / Braille

Overbeck ⠃⠗⠋ 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

180,898 braille cells · 189 embossed pages at 40×25 · 1,121 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.