Unicode: Braille ⠺⠁⠞⠑⠗

Convert english letters to braille

Braille characters

Names of dot positions

Braille characters are dots on a 3 by 2 matrix.

Each cell position is named by a single digit.

Starting on left column, top to bottom, named 1, 2, 3. Then, on the right column, top to bottom, named 4, 5, 6.

1 4 2 5 3 6

Names of braille characters

A braille character is named by a sequence of digits, each is the cell position name the dot is on, and the digits are ordered in ascending way.

For example, this braille ⠋ is identified as 124.

Ordering braille characters in different ways

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Sort by unicode code point

• Unicode: Code Point (Char ID)

⠁ ⠂ ⠃ ⠄ ⠅ ⠆ ⠇ ⠈ ⠉ ⠊ ⠋ ⠌ ⠍ ⠎ ⠏ ⠐ ⠑ ⠒ ⠓ ⠔ ⠕ ⠖ ⠗ ⠘ ⠙ ⠚ ⠛ ⠜ ⠝ ⠞ ⠟ ⠠ ⠡ ⠢ ⠣ ⠤ ⠥ ⠦ ⠧ ⠨ ⠩ ⠪ ⠫ ⠬ ⠭ ⠮ ⠯ ⠰ ⠱ ⠲ ⠳ ⠴ ⠵ ⠶ ⠷ ⠸ ⠹ ⠺ ⠻ ⠼ ⠽ ⠾ ⠿

Sort by name (named by dot position)

⠁ ⠃ ⠇ ⠏ ⠟ ⠿ ⠯ ⠗ ⠷ ⠧ ⠋ ⠛ ⠻ ⠫ ⠓ ⠳ ⠣ ⠅ ⠍ ⠝ ⠽ ⠭ ⠕ ⠵ ⠥ ⠉ ⠙ ⠹ ⠩ ⠑ ⠱ ⠡ ⠂ ⠆ ⠎ ⠞ ⠾ ⠮ ⠖ ⠶ ⠦ ⠊ ⠚ ⠺ ⠪ ⠒ ⠲ ⠢ ⠄ ⠌ ⠜ ⠼ ⠬ ⠔ ⠴ ⠤ ⠈ ⠘ ⠸ ⠨ ⠐ ⠰ ⠠

Sort by dot count

⠁ ⠂ ⠄ ⠈ ⠐ ⠠ ⠃ ⠅ ⠉ ⠑ ⠡ ⠆ ⠊ ⠒ ⠢ ⠌ ⠔ ⠤ ⠘ ⠨ ⠰ ⠇ ⠋ ⠓ ⠣ ⠍ ⠕ ⠥ ⠙ ⠩ ⠱ ⠎ ⠖ ⠦ ⠚ ⠪ ⠲ ⠜ ⠬ ⠴ ⠸ ⠏ ⠗ ⠧ ⠛ ⠫ ⠳ ⠝ ⠭ ⠵ ⠹ ⠞ ⠮ ⠶ ⠺ ⠼ ⠟ ⠯ ⠷ ⠻ ⠽ ⠾ ⠿

8-dots braille

In addition to the standard braille of 3 rows. Unicode has braille of 4 rows. 8-Dots braille is rarely used. They were used to encode music, or fast shorthand, or for Japanese, or possibly for math.

ISO/TR 11548 (released in 2001) defines the characters for eight-dot braille for Latin-based character sets.

When you have 6 dots, each is on/off, you have 2^6 = 64 possibilities. When you have 8 dots, you have 2^8 = 256 possibilities.

Each dot is also given a name, like this:

1 4 2 5 3 6 7 8

Braille cells with 7th dot:

⡀ ⡁ ⡂ ⡃ ⡄ ⡅ ⡆ ⡇ ⡈ ⡉ ⡊ ⡋ ⡌ ⡍ ⡎ ⡏ ⡐ ⡑ ⡒ ⡓ ⡔ ⡕ ⡖ ⡗ ⡘ ⡙ ⡚ ⡛ ⡜ ⡝ ⡞ ⡟ ⡠ ⡡ ⡢ ⡣ ⡤ ⡥ ⡦ ⡧ ⡨ ⡩ ⡪ ⡫ ⡬ ⡭ ⡮ ⡯ ⡰ ⡱ ⡲ ⡳ ⡴ ⡵ ⡶ ⡷ ⡸ ⡹ ⡺ ⡻ ⡼ ⡽ ⡾ ⡿

Braille cells with 8th dot:

⢀ ⢁ ⢂ ⢃ ⢄ ⢅ ⢆ ⢇ ⢈ ⢉ ⢊ ⢋ ⢌ ⢍ ⢎ ⢏ ⢐ ⢑ ⢒ ⢓ ⢔ ⢕ ⢖ ⢗ ⢘ ⢙ ⢚ ⢛ ⢜ ⢝ ⢞ ⢟ ⢠ ⢡ ⢢ ⢣ ⢤ ⢥ ⢦ ⢧ ⢨ ⢩ ⢪ ⢫ ⢬ ⢭ ⢮ ⢯ ⢰ ⢱ ⢲ ⢳ ⢴ ⢵ ⢶ ⢷ ⢸ ⢹ ⢺ ⢻ ⢼ ⢽ ⢾ ⢿

Braille cells with both 7th and 8th dot:

⣀ ⣁ ⣂ ⣃ ⣄ ⣅ ⣆ ⣇ ⣈ ⣉ ⣊ ⣋ ⣌ ⣍ ⣎ ⣏ ⣐ ⣑ ⣒ ⣓ ⣔ ⣕ ⣖ ⣗ ⣘ ⣙ ⣚ ⣛ ⣜ ⣝ ⣞ ⣟ ⣠ ⣡ ⣢ ⣣ ⣤ ⣥ ⣦ ⣧ ⣨ ⣩ ⣪ ⣫ ⣬ ⣭ ⣮ ⣯ ⣰ ⣱ ⣲ ⣳ ⣴ ⣵ ⣶ ⣷ ⣸ ⣹ ⣺ ⣻ ⣼ ⣽ ⣾ ⣿

Braille is obsolete, unnecessary, and badly designed

braille is getting obsolete, by machine reader speech tech.

braille is very hard to learn. take a year to get snail speed.

braille is really not necessary, because untill a hundred years ago, most humans don't read.

reading, and written language, is a elite social thing. developed in late society.

also braille is super slow to read by touch. mastery is like 90 words per minute.

Also, i think braille is badly designed. By touch, would be much better to have shapes other than just dots. Much better if you just add few vertical bars or horizontal bars. It's designed 200 years ago.