Library / Education / The school and society / Braille
The school and society ⠃⠗⠋ 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
207,174 braille cells · 220 embossed pages at 40×25 · 33 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.