Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Education / Twenty-five years in the Black Belt / Braille

Twenty-five years in the Black Belt ⠃⠗⠋ 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

227,194 braille cells · 239 embossed pages at 40×25 · 268 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.