Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Cooking / The Oyster: Where, How and When to Find, Breed, Cook and Eat It / Braille

The Oyster: Where, How and When to Find, Breed, Cook and Eat It ⠃⠗⠋ 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

147,885 braille cells · 155 embossed pages at 40×25 · 396 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.