Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Les Sources / Braille

Les Sources ⠃⠗⠋ 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

320,526 braille cells · 337 embossed pages at 40×25 · 9,737 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.