Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Montaigne and Shakspere / Braille

Montaigne and Shakspere ⠃⠗⠋ 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

179,868 braille cells · 189 embossed pages at 40×25 · 1,556 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.