Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Education / On the Future of our Educational Institutions / Braille

On the Future of our Educational Institutions ⠃⠗⠋ 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

175,924 braille cells · 185 embossed pages at 40×25 · 517 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.