Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Earth / The World Before the Deluge / Braille

The World Before the Deluge ⠃⠗⠋ 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

846,611 braille cells · 883 embossed pages at 40×25 · 5,365 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.