Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Physics / Lives of the electricians / Braille

Lives of the electricians ⠃⠗⠋ 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

680,017 braille cells · 720 embossed pages at 40×25 · 432 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.