The Braille system
Your name in Braille
Grade 2 Braille
Grade 2 Braille is the most commonly used form of the Braille system. It makes use of approximately 300 contractions. Contractions makes braille documents shorter and faster to read.
Most contractions are using Grade 1 characters but many like "for" or "question" use special braille characters made of new dots combinations.
Here are some examples:
| Text | Grade 1 | Contraction | Grade 2 |
|---|---|---|---|
| about |
     |
ab |
|
| already |
     |
alr |
|
| blind |
  |
bl |
|
| braille |
|
brl |
|
| for |  |
DOTS 1-2-3-4-5-6 |
 |
| friend |
|
fr |
|
| question |   |
DOT 5, DOTS 1-2-3-4-5 |
 |
| quick |
  |
qk |
|
| tomorrow |
  |
tm | |
| yourself |
|
yrf |
|
See your name in Braille.