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Braille alphabet and numbers chart

The whole code on one page: the alphabet, the numbers, the indicators and the punctuation, each cell with its dot numbers. Laid out to print cleanly in black and white on a single sheet.

Download PDF (US Letter)Download PDF (A4)

Take it with you

The chart above is also a one-page PDF — every letter, the ten digits with the number sign, the indicators and the single-cell punctuation, each cell drawn with all six dot positions and its dot numbers underneath. Free, no sign-up, and in both paper sizes: US Letter or A4.

Teachers and braille transcribers are welcome to copy, print and hand it out. The two-cell punctuation symbols are on the punctuation page, since a one-cell grid cannot show them honestly.

Alphabet

1-2

1-4

1-4-5

1-5

1-2-4

1-2-4-5

1-2-5

2-4

2-4-5

1-3

1-2-3

1-3-4

1-3-4-5

1-3-5

1-2-3-4

1-2-3-4-5

1-2-3-5

2-3-4

2-3-4-5

1-3-6

1-2-3-6

2-4-5-6

1-3-4-6

1-3-4-5-6

1-3-5-6

Numbers

Each digit is the number sign (dots 3-4-5-6) followed by the letter shown. How numbers work in full covers what opens a numeric run and what closes it, and every number from 1 to 100 is written out in one table.

j · 2-4-5

a · 1

b · 1-2

c · 1-4

d · 1-4-5

e · 1-5

f · 1-2-4

g · 1-2-4-5

h · 1-2-5

i · 2-4

Indicators

Cells that change how the cells after them are read
Indicator	Dots	What it does
Number sign	3-4-5-6	Turns the following letters a-j into the digits 1-9 and 0.
Capital letter sign	6	Capitalises the single letter that follows.
Capital word sign	6	Written twice. Capitalises the letters that follow, up to a space, a single capital or any sign that is not a letter.
Letter sign	5-6	Marks a letter as standing for itself, not a contraction.
Grade 1 symbol	5-6	Suspends contraction rules for the next symbol.

Punctuation

Punctuation in Unified English Braille
Symbol	Name	Dots
`,`	Comma	2
`;`	Semicolon	2-3
`:`	Colon	2-5
`.`	Full stop / period	2-5-6
`?`	Question mark	2-3-6
`!`	Exclamation mark	2-3-5
`'`	Apostrophe	3
`-`	Hyphen	3-6
`(`	Opening parenthesis	5 1-2-6
`)`	Closing parenthesis	5 3-4-5
`/`	Slash	4-5-6 3-4
`@`	At sign	4 1
`#`	Number / hash sign	4-5-6 1-4-5-6
`$`	Dollar sign	4 2-3-4
`%`	Percent sign	4-6 3-5-6
`&`	Ampersand	4 1-2-3-4-6
`*`	Asterisk	5 3-5
`+`	Plus sign	5 2-3-5
`=`	Equals sign	5 2-3-5-6
`"`	Double quotes	2-3-6 3-5-6

The alphabet as an image, if you need a file rather than a printout

The letters section above as a single PNG, for a slide, a message or a handout put together somewhere other than a browser.

A chart of the braille alphabet: all 26 letters as six-dot cells, each labelled with its letter and the numbers of the dots that are raised.

Download the PNG — CC BY 4.0.

Questions and answers

Is there a free printable braille chart?

Yes. The whole code sits on one page: the alphabet, the numbers, the indicators and the punctuation, each cell with its dot numbers. It is laid out to print cleanly in black and white on a single sheet, and there are PDFs for both US Letter and A4.

What does the braille chart include?

The alphabet, the numbers, the indicators and the punctuation, with the dot numbers printed on every cell.