Hello, my name is Comet.
Welcome to my website!
Today, I am practicing braille.

[image of simulated braille with the braille alphabet]

caption: A braille cell has six numbered dots, arranged in two columns.
The top-left dot is dot 1.
The middle-left dot is dot 2.
The bottom-left dot is dot 3.
The top-right dot is dot 4.
The middle-right dot is dot 5.
The bottom-right dot is dot 6.
Different combinations of these six dots are used to create braille characters.

The Braille Alphabet:
a: dot 1
b: dots 1,2
c: dots 1,4
d: dots 1,4,5
e: dots 1,5
f: dots 1,2,4
g: dots 1,2,4,5
h: dots 1,2,5
i: dots 2,4
j: dots 2,4,5
k: dots 1,3
l: dots 1,2,3
m: dots 1,3,4
n: dots 1,3,4,5
o: dots 1,3,5
p: dots 1,2,3,4
q: dots 1,2,3,4,5
r: dots 1,2,3,5
s: dots 2,3,4
t: dots 2,3,4,5
u: dots 1,3,6
v: dots 1,2,3,6
w: dots 2,4,5,6
x: dots 1,3,4,6
y: dots 1,3,4,5,6
z: dots 1,3,5,6

BRF stands for Braille Ready Format and is sometimes referred to as “Formatted Braille”. It’s a text-based format which allows us to store and retrieve combinations of braille dots, in the same way as a plain text file allows us to store and retrieve combinations of print letters and numbers. Software like Duxbury and Braille 2000 can open these files.

For free basic braille software, Perky Duck is available from Duxbury Systems at no charge. Perky Duck allows users to create electronic braille files on their computer through six key input. You can use Perky Duck to open files with a .dxb suffix.

Free Download of Perky Duck for Mac or PC:

https://www.duxburysystems.com/perky.asp

Illustrated Guide to Perky Duck:

https://www.pathstoliteracy.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Perky_Duck_Illustrated_Guide.pdf