Library / Art / The Art of Building a Home: A collection of lectures and illustrations / Braille
The Art of Building a Home: A collection of lectures and illustrations ⠃⠗⠋ 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
221,404 braille cells · 232 embossed pages at 40×25 · 276 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.