Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Engineering & Technology / The Wright Brothers / Braille

The Wright Brothers ⠃⠗⠋ 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

479,769 braille cells · 501 embossed pages at 40×25 · 478 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.