https://github.com/liblouis/braille-specs
A collection of standards documents for Braille
https://github.com/liblouis/braille-specs
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A collection of standards documents for Braille
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/liblouis/braille-specs
- Owner: liblouis
- Created: 2015-05-22T15:13:49.000Z (over 10 years ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2025-05-28T07:00:16.000Z (4 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2025-05-28T08:18:42.968Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: braille, specification
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- Stars: 12
- Watchers: 7
- Forks: 18
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
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README
# Braille specifications
A collection of standards documents for Braille.
## [World Braille Usage (3rd edition)](world-braille-usage-third-edition.pdf)
- _by_: Perkins, International Council on English Braille (ICEB),
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Library of Congress (NLS) and UNESCO
- _published_: Perkins, ICEB and NLS, Washington D.C., 2013, ISBN 978-0-8444-9564-4
- _language_: English
## [Arabic](arabic/README.md)
## [Coptic](coptic/README.md)
## [Croatian](croatian/README.md)
## [Cuneiform](cuneiform/README.md)
## [Danish](danish/README.md)
## [Dutch](dutch/README.md)
## [English](english/README.md)
## [Filipino](filipino/README.md)
## [Finnish](finnish/README.md)
## [French](french/README.md)
## German
Refer to the official documents at the [website](http://www.bskdl.org/braillesysteme.html) of the *Brailleschriftkomitee der deutschsprachigen Länder*
## [Hebrew](hebrew/README.md)
## [Hungarian](hungarian/README.md)
## [Indian Languages](indian-languages/README.md)
## [Irish](irish/README.md)
## [Khmer](khmer/README.md)
## [Latvian](latvian/README.md)
## Lithuanian
Please refer to the official standard: [LST ISO 17049:2017/NA:2019 lt](https://eshop.lsd.lt/public#!/product/info/0a640330-6d6f-1f57-816d-82c823af01d0); _Accessible design - Application of braille on signage, equipment and appliances (ISO 17049:2013, identical)_.
- _by_: Lithuanian Standards Board
- _published_: Lithuanian Standards Board, 2019
- _language_: Lithuanian
Note that, despite the title, this is **not** the ISO standard itself, which has been adopted without changes in 2017, but its national annex (hence the "/NA:2019" suffix).
## [Norwegian](norwegian/README.md)
## [Polish](polish/README.md)
## [Russian](russian/README.md)
## [Slovak](slovak/README.md)
## [Slovenian](slovenian/README.md)
## [South-African languages](south-african-languages/README.md)
## Spanish
See the [official documents](http://www.once.es/new/servicios-especializados-en-discapacidad-visual/braille/documentos-tecnicos-vigentes/documentos-tecnicos-relacionados-con-braille/documentos-tecnicos-relacionados-con-el-braille) at the [ONCE website](http://www.once.es)
## [Swahili](swahili/README.md)
## [Vietnamese](vietnamese/README.md)