Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / The unwelcome child / Braille

The unwelcome child ⠃⠗⠋ 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

173,560 braille cells · 180 embossed pages at 40×25 · 45 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.