Which Braille grade does this use?

It uses Grade 1 (uncontracted) Braille, where each letter maps to a single cell. Capital letters are marked with the capital sign ⠠ and numbers with the number sign ⠼.

How are capital letters shown in Braille?

A capital is preceded by the capital sign ⠠ before the letter cell. So an uppercase A becomes ⠠⠁, while lowercase a is just ⠁.

How are numbers handled?

A run of digits starts with the number sign ⠼, after which the cells for a–j stand for the digits 1–9 and 0. The number mode ends at the next space or letter.

Can it decode Braille back to text?

Yes. Switch the direction to "Braille → Text" and paste Unicode Braille cells; the tool reads the capital and number signs and converts the cells back to readable text.

What about contracted (Grade 2) Braille?

This tool is Grade 1 only, so it does not use the word and letter contractions of Grade 2. Each character maps to its own cell.

What happens to characters it does not know?

Unsupported characters are passed through unchanged in both directions, so symbols outside the letter, digit and basic punctuation set appear as-is.

Is my text sent anywhere?

No. The translation runs entirely in your browser and nothing is uploaded or stored.

Braille Translator — Gera Tools

Braille translator — text to Braille and back

Convert ordinary text into Grade 1 Unicode Braille and decode Braille cells back into text. It follows standard uncontracted Braille rules, marking capitals and numbers with the correct prefix signs, and works with the Unicode Braille block so the output copies and pastes anywhere.

How it works

When encoding, each letter maps to its Braille cell; an uppercase letter is prefixed with the capital sign ⠠, and a run of digits is prefixed with the number sign ⠼ (after which the cells for a–j represent 1–9 and 0). Spaces and unknown characters pass through unchanged. Decoding reverses this: the tool tracks whether it is in capital or number mode from the prefix signs and converts each cell back to the right letter or digit.

Example

Encoding Gera 7:

Input	Braille
`G` (capital)	⠠⠛
`era`	⠑⠗⠁
(space)	(space)
`7`	⠼⠛

Result: Gera 7 → ⠠⠛⠑⠗⠁ ⠼⠛. Type or paste your input, pick a direction, and copy the result — everything happens in your browser with nothing uploaded.