Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / How To / Sign talk / Braille

Sign talk ⠃⠗⠋ 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

370,048 braille cells · 391 embossed pages at 40×25 · 7,013 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.