BV Braille Hearts
Create accessible greeting cards for birthdays, love, friendship, encouragement, congratulations and more in both print and Braille.
Create a Braille HeartBraille Messenger
Turn a personal message into Unicode Braille and share it through WhatsApp or email as yourself or with a BV character greeting.
Create a Braille messageBraille Writer
Use six keyboard keys like a Perkins Brailler, or select dots on a touchscreen, and hear each Braille cell announced.
Open the Braille WriterTeach Me Braille
Start with the six-dot cell, progress through uncontracted Braille, then begin contracted Braille with your chosen BV instructor.
Begin my learning journeyBV Braille Messenger
Accessible sharing: Unicode Braille can be read visually and on compatible refreshable Braille displays. A plain-text copy is included by default so every recipient can understand the message.
Message preview
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The contracted option teaches and uses a starter set of common whole-word UEB contractions. It is not a replacement for certified Braille translation software for schoolwork, legal documents or publication.
BV Six-Key Braille Writer
Experience a Perkins-style Braille keyboard using your computer keyboard or the on-screen dot keys.
Keyboard position: place your left fingers on F, D and S for dots 1, 2 and 3. Place your right fingers on J, K and L for dots 4, 5 and 6. Press the dots in a cell together, then release them.
Free writing is ready. Make any Braille cell.
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Braille output
Print translation
Keyboard note: some keyboards cannot detect every six-key combination at once. Use “Test my six keys” before practising. The on-screen keys remain available if the keyboard has limited key rollover.
Teach Me Braille
Choose an instructor. Your instructor will guide you from the Braille cell through Grade 1 (uncontracted) Braille and into Grade 2 (contracted) Braille.
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Your journey
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Terminology note: “Grade 1” commonly means uncontracted Braille and “Grade 2” means contracted Braille. In formal UEB rules, “grade 1 mode” also has a specific technical meaning. This course introduces the traditional learning stages and then explains the formal indicators.