Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Education / Men, Women, and God / Braille

Men, Women, and God ⠃⠗⠋ 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

214,255 braille cells · 224 embossed pages at 40×25 · 209 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.