The capital letter indicator and how it works.
Braille has no separate shapes for capital letters. Every letter cell you have learned is a lowercase letter. To make a capital, write the capital letter indicator (dot 6) just before the letter.
So “Sam” takes four cells: the capital letter indicator, then s, a and m. The indicator changes only the one letter right after it.
Braille alphabet charts often print the letter names as capitals, A to Z, but the cells they show are the lowercase letters.
Each example is shown cell by cell, with what each cell stands for underneath.
Braille is read by touch and written dot by dot. Recreate each character below in the writer. The best way to make it stick.
Character 1 of 3
Keys F D S and J K L (or 1–6) raise dots · Enter checks
Finish writing the characters above, then this practice activity will help it stick.
Tip The capital letter indicator and the numeric indicator are both “indicators”: cells that change how the next cells are read.