Braille Translator

Translate any English text to and from Unicode braille — the standard U+2800–U+28FF block, which any modern font renders as 2×3 dot cells. Pick Grade 1 (letter-by-letter) or Grade 2 (with the most common English contractions). Live, in your browser, no upload.

How it works. Each braille cell is a 6-dot pattern. a is dot 1 (⠁), b is dots 1-2 (⠃), and so on. Numbers use a number indicator (⠼) followed by the letters a–j (1–9, 0). Capital letters get a one-cell capital indicator (⠠). Grade 2 adds 12 letter-pair contractions (ch, sh, th, …) and 26 whole-word abbreviations (and, for, the, with, …). The translator is reversible: paste braille cells back in and they decode to plain text.

Grade

Grade 1 Grade 2 contractions

Direction

Text → Braille Braille → Text

Sample Clear · Swap Copy output

Text

For Braille → Text, paste the braille cells as-is — the translator recognises the standard U+2800–U+28FF block.

Braille

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A–Z reference

Every letter of the Latin alphabet with its braille cell and the dot positions that produce it. Dots are numbered 1–6, top to bottom, left column then right column.