libbraille
Portable Library for Braille Displays

American Braille alphabet

American Grade 1 Braille alphabet

Defined by the Braille Authority of North America.

american braille alphabet

American Braille alphabet additionnal characters:

! ⠖ " ⠴ # ⠼ $ ⠈⠲ % ⠈⠒⠏ & ⠯ ' ⠄ ( ⠶ ) ⠶ * ⠔⠔
+ , ⠂ - ⠤ . ⠲ / ⠌ : ⠒ ; ⠆ < = >
? ⠦ @ ⡈ [ ⠠⠶ \ ] ⠶⠄ ^ _ ⠨ ` ⠠⠦ { | ⠜
} ~ “ ⠦ ” ⠴ ‘ ⠠⠦ ’ ⠴⠄ … ⠄⠄⠄ — ⠤⠤

You can convert some text to american grade 1 Braille using this online American grade 1 Braille translator.

American Literary Braille alphabet (aka American Grade 2 Braille alphabet)

Defined by the Braille Authority of North America in the English Braille--American Edition, 1994 revision (EBAE).

[TODO] Contractions: contractions are single cells or double cells that mean two or more letters or a whole word.

American Computer Braille alphabet (aka ISO/TR 11548-2)

Defined in ISO/TR 11548-2

You can convert some text to american Computer Braille using this online American computer Braille translator.

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