A visual guide to the braille alphabet

Six dots.
A world of letters.

Learn the patterns of the uncontracted English alphabet. Choose a letter, then look at which dots rise to meet it.

Meet the letter a.

One raised dot: 1

Dot positions run down the left column from 1 to 3, then down the right column from 4 to 6.

These dots are drawn, not physically raised. The screen illustrates the pattern; tactile braille is read by touch.

Type a–z, or select a key.

a is formed with dot 1.