uncontracted braille, or at least just the alphabet, is extremely easy to learn. you only need to memorize the first ten letters, a through j. everything after is just adding a position to either dot three or dot six, with the exception of the letter w.

so like, the alphabet looks kinda like this:

a is dot 1, k (being the 11th letter) is just a plus dot 3

b is dots 1 & 2, l (12th letter) is b plus dot 3
c is dots 1& 4, add a dot 3 and you got m

this cycle just repeats until you get to u, to which you then start adding a dot to both position 3 and 6. so for the letter u, it would be a plus dots 3 and 6 because it just cycles through the first ten letters of the alphabet.

again, the only exception being w because the french didn't have w in their alphabet when braille was invented so it was added later. it's just a backwards r by dot positions.

i hope this helps some of you that may be struggling to learn the alphabet because using this tip i taught myself how to write uncontracted braille overnight.

now reading it, that's a whole new beast. there are some tips to help out with determining cell positions (such as the corner letters d, f, h, and j) but once you get the positioning down and those first ten letters, you should be pretty well off.

Just a thing nobody brought up yet, but I am about 75% sure the "braill" on your remote isn't braille at all but likely just a tactile marker for something or other.

I learned braille when i was 4/5 so i guess it was easier for me since i was a kid. Unfortunately i can't give you any advice because as i said it's just natural to me. My mum did somehow learn it though. She still doesn't remember certain letters some times and asks me but most of them she does remember, although i think she looks at them instead of touching them.

You can easily train yourself to read Braille by sight, my parents had to and my one educational assistant who I met like 23 years ago learned Braille at the same time as I did but by sight.

I am totally blind and have been using Braille my whole life. There are two types of Braille. There's the alphabet Braille, and then there's short forms symbols like: and, for, of, the, with, and around 130 others.

Many sighted people read braille with their eyes. It's nothing to be ashamed or guilty about because others have had the same trouble as you.

You can contact the NFB and they will mail you braille cards to learn braille.

Yes, I have two blind people in my family who took braille lessons for years and years. Neither of them were able to learn it. It's very hard!

I lost my sight in 4 months during college a couple years ago and taught myself Braille in 2 months.

I am sure you’ll be able to teach yourself by sight.
You may find this website useful, as it is free:

https://uebonline.org

I also suggest purchasing a slate and stylus (they are cheap), writing and reading what you wrote back over again. This will improve your reading skills.

It just takes practice. It took me about 2 months before I could actually read books in Braille and I’m still very very slow 6 months later. Also practice increasing your tactile awareness. Close your eyes and feel things that have subtle textures. Comparing fabrics on your clothes is a good way to start. No 2 tshirts truly feel the same unless they happen to have been made from the same thread on the same loom by the same operator.

I'm a braille teacher. It's pretty fun for me! It's possible for you to learn try to learn it visually, rather than tactually. It'll be easier for you

You can Google braille alphabet. Start with the first ten letters. If you have vision you can learn it by sight. I'm a teacher of the Visually Impaired and taught myself the alphabet before my classes started. You can message me with questions if you want! Always love to hear people are interested in braille

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Check out Hadley School for the Blind. They have a free online Braille class.

I’m learning Braille now, with some sight, but I also practice by feel, as my video will continue to fade. The key is practice and a LIGHT touch. Look into the Mangold Method, if you’re really intereste.

Seeing as you're not blind probably can't use the tactile functionality of this but try Hadley they're really good I'm taking their bro courses now although technically I stopped for a while because they change systems so I've been debating whether or not to continue with the blessings as is or just stop.

I've been blind for 5 years now, and have to admit, not once have I ever thought to myself, "I sure wish I knew brail".With modern technology, I'm quite confident brail is pretty outdated now.