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Braille Translator: Text to Braille Symbols and Back

This free Braille translator turns English text and numbers into Unicode Braille symbols (uncontracted, grade 1), and decodes Braille back to text. It includes capital and number signs and a chart.

By Debmedia Technologies LLP · Kolkata, India · Updated

What Is It and When Do You Need It?

Braille is a code of six dots that lets blind and low-vision people read by touch. It has a letter for every sound, number and punctuation mark. Unicode includes all 256 Braille patterns, so Braille can be shown on screens.

Type text to see the Braille symbols, or paste Braille to read it.

How to Use This Tool

  1. Type text or paste Braille symbols.
  2. Choose the direction.
  3. Press Run.
  4. Copy the symbols or read the text.

How the Calculation Works

Each letter is mapped to its Unicode Braille cell. A capital letter is preceded by the capital sign ⠠, and a run of digits by the number sign ⠼, with digits 1 to 9 and 0 written as the letters A to J. Common punctuation has its own cells. Decoding reverses the table and applies the capital and number signs.

Worked Example

Hello becomes ⠠⠓⠑⠇⠇⠕. 2026 becomes ⠼⠃⠚⠃⠋.

Common Uses

  • Learning the Braille alphabet.
  • Accessibility awareness.
  • Puzzles and teaching.
  • Showing Braille on screen.

Tips and Common Mistakes

  • Only uncontracted (grade 1) Braille is supported.
  • Check formal documents with a Braille transcriber.
  • Screen readers may read the symbols as dot patterns.

Next, you may need the leetspeak converter, NATO alphabet, A1Z26 cipher, Bacon cipher.

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Frequently Asked Questions

A touch reading system of raised dots, invented by Louis Braille in 1824. Each cell has up to six dots in two columns of three.
Uncontracted Braille: one cell for each letter, with no short forms. Grade 2 uses contractions and is not covered here.
A capital sign (dot 6) comes before a capital letter, and a number sign (dots 3456) comes before digits, which reuse the letters A to J.
No. These are Unicode symbols for screens. Real Braille needs embossing or a refreshable display.

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