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Braille (English) Alphabet
Braille is a system of raised dots read by touch. Each cell has six dots in two columns of three, giving 63 possible patterns. This deck teaches Unified English Braille (UEB), the English code: letters a–z, the number sign, the capital sign, common punctuation and about twenty short Grade 2 (contracted) word signs. Other languages use their own braille codes, and the same cell can mean a different letter there. In Grade 2, a letter cell standing alone as a word is a shortcut (⠃ = but, ⠉ = can); the same cell inside a longer word is just the letter. If the cells show as boxes, your device lacks a font that covers the Braille Patterns block.
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The 26 letters
⠁aletter Aapple = ⠁⠏⠏⠇⠑
⠃bletter Bbook = ⠃⠕⠕⠅
⠉cletter Ccat = ⠉⠁⠞
⠙dletter Ddog = ⠙⠕⠛
⠑eletter Eegg = ⠑⠛⠛
⠋fletter Ffish = ⠋⠊⠎⠓
⠛gletter Ggreen = ⠛⠗⠑⠑⠝
⠓hletter Hhouse = ⠓⠕⠥⠎⠑
⠊iletter Iice = ⠊⠉⠑
⠚jletter Jjam = ⠚⠁⠍
⠅kletter Kkey = ⠅⠑⠽
⠇lletter Llamp = ⠇⠁⠍⠏
⠍mletter Mmoon = ⠍⠕⠕⠝
⠝nletter Nnight = ⠝⠊⠛⠓⠞
⠕oletter Oorange = ⠕⠗⠁⠝⠛⠑
⠏pletter Ppen = ⠏⠑⠝
⠟qletter Qqueen = ⠟⠥⠑⠑⠝
⠗rletter Rrain = ⠗⠁⠊⠝
⠎sletter Ssun = ⠎⠥⠝
⠞tletter Ttree = ⠞⠗⠑⠑
⠥uletter Uumbrella = ⠥⠍⠃⠗⠑⠇⠇⠁
⠧vletter Vvan = ⠧⠁⠝
⠺wletter Wwater = ⠺⠁⠞⠑⠗
⠭xletter Xbox = ⠃⠕⠭
⠽yletter Yyes = ⠽⠑⠎
⠵zletter Zzoo = ⠵⠕⠕
Numbers and capitals
⠼number signPut before a letter a–j to make it a digit⠼⠁⠃⠉ = 123
⠠capital signOne dot-6 cell before a letter makes it a capital⠠⠁⠝⠝ = Ann
⠠⠠capitals wordTwo capital signs capitalize the whole word⠠⠠⠃⠃⠉ = BBC
⠼⠁1digit 112 = ⠼⠁⠃ (number sign once, then 1 and 2); the sign applies to the whole run of digits
⠼⠃2digit 2number sign + letter b
⠼⠉3digit 3number sign + letter c
⠼⠙4digit 4number sign + letter d
⠼⠑5digit 5number sign + letter e
⠼⠋6digit 6number sign + letter f
⠼⠛7digit 7number sign + letter g
⠼⠓8digit 8number sign + letter h
⠼⠊9digit 9number sign + letter i
⠼⠚0digit 0number sign + letter j
Punctuation
⠲.full stop (period)⠊⠞⠲ = it.
⠂,comma⠁⠂⠃ = a, b
⠦?question mark⠺⠓⠽⠦ = why?
⠖!exclamation mark⠓⠊⠖ = hi!
⠄'apostrophe⠙⠕⠝⠄⠞ = don't
⠤-hyphen⠼⠁⠤⠼⠃ = 1-2
⠒:colon⠞⠊⠍⠑⠒ = time:
Grade 2 word signs
⠯andword 'and'one cell = and (own sign)
⠿forword 'for'one cell = for (own sign)
⠷ofword 'of'one cell = of (own sign)
⠮theword 'the'one cell = the (own sign)
⠾withword 'with'one cell = with (own sign)
⠃butword 'but'one cell = but (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠉canword 'can'one cell = can (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠙doword 'do'one cell = do (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠑everyword 'every'one cell = every (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠋fromword 'from'one cell = from (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠛goword 'go'one cell = go (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠓haveword 'have'one cell = have (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠚justword 'just'one cell = just (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠅knowledgeword 'knowledge'one cell = knowledge (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠇likeword 'like'one cell = like (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠍moreword 'more'one cell = more (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠝notword 'not'one cell = not (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠏peopleword 'people'one cell = people (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠎soword 'so'one cell = so (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠞thatword 'that'one cell = that (the letter alone as a whole word)
⠽youword 'you'one cell = you (the letter alone as a whole word)
Basic Braille (English) phrases