Braille Reading….

People often think that braille is a language. Actually there is a braille code for every foreign language you can imagine including French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, and even Filipino. There are also braille codes for mathematics, music, and computers.

*The braille cell is composed of 6 dots* The braille characters make up the letters of the alphabet, punctuation marks, numbers, and everything else you can write in print.

The Braille Cell

*The letter

"a" is written with only dot 1. a

d

*The letter

"d" has dots 1, 4, and 5.

y

*The letter

"y" has dots 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6.

*When all six dots are used, the character is called a "full cell."

1

a

12

b

1 4

c

1 45

d5

1

e

41

f2

154

2

g

12 5

h2

4

i

4

52

j

1

23

l

1

3

k

1

3

4

m

1

5

3

4

n5

1

3

o

154

3

2

q21

3

4

p

1

3

2 5

r

32

4

s

4

52

3

t

1

3 6

u

1

2

3 6

v

4

6

52

w

1 4

3 6

x

1

3 6

5

4

y

1

3 6

5

z

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

h

i

j

k

l

m

n

o

p

q

r

s

t

u

v

w

x

y

z

Braille Alphabet

Let us read!

b a l l

ball

m o p

mop

t h e

the

s i c k

sick

c a n e

cane

bata

guro

ang

*Louis Braille (1809-1852)

For LISTENINGBy: Doremel S. Sadicon, SPET-1 Gloria Central School Gloria District