About The Braille Library
Our History
The Braille Library was founded in 2025 with a mission to preserve and digitize literature otherwise not availible to the visually impaired.
Our collection of books and literature, specially curated and chosen, includes texts across a wide variety of genres, authers and time periods.
Our website has no paywalls and is completely free to use. We believe that Braille should easily be accessible to all that need it.
We are committed to fostering a space where even those with visual impairments may access and read literature freely and convieniently.
About Braille
Braille is a tactile writing system used by people who are blind or visually impaired. It was invented by Louis Braille in 1824, who was himself blinded in childhood.
Each Braille character or cell is made up of 6 dot positions, arranged in a rectangle containing two columns of three dots each. A dot may be raised at any of the six positions to form 64 possible combinations, including the combination in which no dots are raised.
Braille remains an essential literacy tool for blind people worldwide, despite the growth of audio technologies and screen readers.
That is why at The Braille Library, we curate and translate hundreds of titles for readers to easily download and peruse for free.
How We Digitize Braille Books
Our digitization process involves collecting books from various internet sources such as Project Gutenberg, the Internet Archive, and Standard Ebook. It should be noted that we only translate books in the public domain and do not infringe on any copyrights.
We then use a mix of proprietary and open source software including Liblouis to convert these Ebooks into UEB-2 Braille.
While we strive to make all our books "perfect", with the current size and processing methods, it is impossible to ensure all books are 100% accurate. All books will have their own quirks and minor mistakes.