What is it?
The Braille Translator uses Grade 1 English braille: one braille cell for each letter, number or punctuation mark.
Who is it for?
Teachers, parents and volunteers working with visually impaired learners, students learning about braille, and designers checking braille labels for signs or packaging (Grade 1 English).
How to use it
- Type text or paste braille.
- Leave Direction on detect, or choose one.
- Copy or download the result.
The two signs you will see
- ⠠ (capital sign): the next letter is a capital. “Hi” becomes ⠠⠓⠊.
- ⠼ (number sign): the letters a–j that follow are the digits 1–9 and 0. “42” becomes ⠼⠙⠃.
Some characters were not changed
Characters outside Grade 1 English braille (other alphabets, emoji, symbols like # or %) are kept as they are so you can see where they were.
Can a blind person read this?
The braille on screen is for sighted people to copy and share. Blind readers need raised dots: send the braille text to a braille embosser, or use a screen reader with a refreshable braille display, which reads the normal text directly.
Worked example
Room 204 becomes ⠠⠗⠕⠕⠍ ⠼⠃⠚⠙: the capital sign ⠠ before R, the letters r-o-o-m, then the number sign ⠼ and b-j-d for 2-0-4.
Common mistakes
- Letters after a number read as digits: the number sign stays on until a space or a non-digit character. The tool handles this, but if you edit braille by hand, keep a space after numbers.
- Copying into Word: braille characters need a font that includes them. If you see boxes, choose a font like Segoe UI Symbol (Windows) or the system font on phones.
- Grade 2 text (contracted, used in most books) won’t translate correctly here. Ask for Grade 1 if you need to check a sign.
Where braille is used in India
Lift buttons, currency notes (raised marks), medicine packs and public signs. Bharati Braille covers Indian languages with different rules; this tool covers English Grade 1 only.
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