Braille Translator
Convert English text into Grade 1 Braille Unicode cells and back. Popular with puzzle designers, escape rooms and anyone learning braille patterns.
About Braille
Braille encodes each letter in a 2×3 cell of raised dots, a system Louis Braille perfected in 1824, at age 15, adapting a military “night writing” code. It remains one of the most elegant encodings ever designed: six dots, sixty-four combinations, every written language on Earth.
Beyond its real-world importance, braille patterns have become a favourite of puzzle hunts, escape rooms and games like Fez and The Witness-style cryptics. Krunes converts to Grade 1 (uncontracted) braille using Unicode braille cells, and decodes them right back.
- The first ten letters use only the top four dots; K–T add one bottom dot.
- Numbers reuse letters A–J behind a number sign ⠼.
- Unicode has all 256 possible 8-dot braille cells built in.
- This is visual braille for puzzles and learning, real accessibility requires proper contracted braille.
The Braille Key, A to Z
Hover or tap any letter to study it. This chart is the full key used by the translator above.
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