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Contracted Braille Writing Series

Learn how to write contracted braille through this series of interactive workshops. From writing letters to creating online documents, contracted braille writing can be used for home and work communications.

There are two parts to every workshop in this series:

a workbook mailed to your home, and
audio instruction delivered either by DTB or online.

To get started, call 1-800-323-4238 or order online.

If you're new to braille, start with our Braille for Everyday Use Series.

If you’re new to contracted braille, start with our Contracted Braille Series.

If you want to learn braille by sight, start with our Basic Braille by Sight Series.

Workshops

Contracted Braille Writing 1: Alphabetic Wordsigns

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Contracted Braille Writing 2: More Alphabetic Wordsigns

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Contracted Braille Writing 3: Final Alphabetic Wordsigns

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Contracted Braille Writing 4: Strong Contractions and, for, with, the, of

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Contracted Braille Writing 5: Strong Wordsigns child, out, this, shall, still, which

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Contracted Braille Writing 6: Strong Groupsigns ch, sh, th, wh, ou, st

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Contracted Braille Writing 7: More Strong Groupsigns ar, ed, ow, er, gh, ing

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Contracted Braille Writing 8: Lower Wordsigns his, was, were, be

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Contracted Braille Writing 9: Lower Contractions enough/in, en/in

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Contracted Braille Writing 10: Lower Groupsigns be, con, dis

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Contracted Braille Writing 11: More Lower Groupsigns ea, bb, cc, ff, gg

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Contracted Braille Writing 12: Dot 5 Words

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Contracted Braille Writing 13: More Dot 5 Words

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Contracted Braille Writing 14: Final Dot 5 Words

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Contracted Braille Writing 15: Dot 45 Contractions

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Contracted Braille Writing 16: Dot 456 Contractions

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Contracted Braille Writing 17: Dot 56 Final-Letter Contractions

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Contracted Braille Writing 18: Dot 46 Final-Letter Contractions

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Contracted Braille Writing 19: Shortforms Set 1

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Contracted Braille Writing 20: Shortforms Set 2

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Contracted Braille Writing 21: Shortforms Set 3

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Contracted Braille Writing 22: Shortforms Set 4

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Contracted Braille Writing 23: Shortforms Set 5

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Contracted Braille Writing 24: Shortforms Set 6

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Contracted Braille Writing 25: Shortforms Set 7

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Contracted Braille Writing 26: Shortforms Set 8

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Contracted Braille Writing 27: Shortforms Set 9

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Contracted Braille Writing 28: Grade 1 Indicator

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