Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / L'illusion libérale / Braille

L'illusion libérale ⠃⠗⠋ 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

108,398 braille cells · 115 embossed pages at 40×25 · 3,705 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.