Period, comma, question mark, exclamation mark and apostrophe.
Punctuation marks have their own cells. Several are letter shapes moved down one row: the period is a lowered d, the comma a lowered a, the question mark a lowered h, the exclamation mark a lowered f.
Like print, they come right after the last letter of a word, with no space.
Watch the question mark: its cell (dots 2, 3, 6) is also the opening quotation mark. Position tells you which it is: a question mark comes at the end of a word, an opening quotation mark at the start.
The apostrophe is dot 3, as in “it’s”.
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 5
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 Only one blank cell follows a period in braille, even if print uses two spaces.