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.
Add emojis (optional)
Choose as many emojis as you want. They will be included with the Braille message in WhatsApp, email and copied text.
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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.