Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / How To / Canaries / Braille

Canaries ⠃⠗⠋ 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

67,978 braille cells · 71 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.