Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Man or Matter / Braille

Man or Matter ⠃⠗⠋ 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

704,285 braille cells · 742 embossed pages at 40×25 · 224 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.