Disclaimer
What you can rely on the braille for, and where you need a person who reads braille.
The braille on our site comes from software, and no one who reads braille has checked it. Use it to learn, to practise and to check everyday text.
Last updated October 4, 2026.
It’s software output
Every translation comes from liblouis 3.39.0 with its English UEB tables unmodified. We show what the engine returns without correcting it, so when it gets a word wrong, your braille is wrong too. Our accuracy page lists the cases we know about. When the decoder’s round trip matches, the braille and the text agree with each other. That doesn’t show that either one is correct.
Not professional advice
Nothing on our site replaces a qualified braille transcriber or a teacher of the visually impaired. Before braille goes on any of these, ask a transcriber and a proofreader:
- anything printed, published or sold;
- signs on doors, rooms, lifts and buildings;
- exam papers and other assessments;
- labels on medicine, food or products;
- contracts, forms and other legal documents.
A drawing of braille is not braille
Cells on a screen, in an image or on a sheet printed in ink are pictures. No dots rise, so no finger can read them. To read braille by touch, send the BRF file to a braille embosser.
Our learning pages summarise the rules
We explain UEB in our own words, name the ICEB section behind each point and leave out most exceptions. ICEB offers the full rules as free files for personal use on its UEB publications page. We cover English UEB only. Nemeth Code, music braille, technical notation and other languages are out of scope. If the tables can’t spell a character, we list it by name under the output and never drop it.
Your responsibility
It’s up to you how you use what our tools produce. Before anyone else depends on it, check it against the rules or with someone who reads braille.
Limits of our liability
Our site is free, and we provide it as it is. As far as the law allows, we aren’t liable for loss caused by relying on its braille. Our terms and conditions set out the details.
Other websites and ads
We link to the rules, the engine and teaching organisations. Those sites control their own content, and it can change after we link to it. We don’t show ads today. If ads appear, an ad network will choose them, and showing one doesn’t mean we recommend it.
Reporting a mistake
If our braille looks wrong, our contact page says what to send. We fix what we can.
Consent
By using our site, you accept this disclaimer.
Updates
We may change this page. When we do, we change the “Last updated” date at the top. This version was last updated on October 4, 2026.