Shortform
“immediate” in braille
Written i-m-m — 9 letters cut to 3 letters of abbreviation, then written in 3 cells. That is 6 cells saved every time the word appears.
dots 2-4, then dots 1-3-4, then dots 1-3-4
Unicode ⠊⠍⠍ — 9 letters in 3 cells
How to recognise it
i-m-m, nine letters in three cells. It takes -ly and -ness, and “immediately” is far commoner than the bare adjective, so the derived form is the one worth recognising.
Two steps, not one
Abbreviated in letters first, then written in cells. “immediate” loses 6 letters — e, d, i, a, t, e — to become imm. Every letter of the abbreviation is then written as itself, one cell each.
| Stage | What it is | Cells |
|---|---|---|
| Spelled out | immediate | 9 cells |
| Abbreviated | imm | 3 letters |
| Written | 3 cells |
Endings it keeps
Of the 2 English words that begin with these letters, the reference keeps the shortform in every one. The endings that survive are -ly, -ness. Everything else is spelled out.
| Word | In braille | Ending | Cells |
|---|---|---|---|
| immediately | -ly | 5 cells | |
| immediateness | -ness | 5 cells |
What these 3 cells mean elsewhere
Every cell here has other jobs, which is where misreadings come from:
| Cell | Dots | What it is elsewhere |
|---|---|---|
| 2-4 | the letter i | |
| 1-3-4 | the letter m; the word “more” standing alone | |
| 1-3-4 | the letter m; the word “more” standing alone |
Check your own text
The translator writes “immediate” with Grade 2 selected, and the contractions page has all seventy-three.
“immediate” in braille as an image
The word as it is actually written: imm in 3 cells, not 9 letters.
