Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / The privilege of pain / Braille

The privilege of pain ⠃⠗⠋ 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

88,561 braille cells · 93 embossed pages at 40×25 · 102 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.