Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Their Yesterdays / Braille

Their Yesterdays ⠃⠗⠋ 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

292,809 braille cells · 305 embossed pages at 40×25 · 438 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.