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.