Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Engineering & Technology / How to become an engineer / Braille

How to become an engineer ⠃⠗⠋ 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

110,698 braille cells · 117 embossed pages at 40×25 · 601 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.