Swedish braille

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Below are some frequent braille signs in Swedish listed in three groups: Letters with diacritical marks, Punctuation marks and Other braille signs.

Braille standards for the Swedish language are published as Svenska skrivregler för punktskrift, also available in paper braille and in print.

Letters with diacritical marks

Dots 1 and 6 å latin small letter a with ring above

Dots 2, 4 and 6 ö latin small letter o with diaeresis

Dots 3, 4 and 5 ä latin small letter a with diaeresis

Dots 1, 2, 5 and 6 ü latin small letter u with diaeresis

Dots 2, 3, 4 and 6 è latin small letter e with grave accent

Dots 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 à latin small letter a with grave accent

Full braille cell, dots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 é latin small letter e with acute accent

Punctuation marks

Dot 2 , comma

Dot 3 . full stop; middle dot (multiplication dot)

Dot 5 ' apostrophe, single quotation mark, minute, foot

Dots 2 and 3 ; semicolon

Dots 2 and 5 : colon

Dots 2 and 6 ? question mark

Dots 3 and 4 / slash, solidus; division slash / fraction slash

Dots 5 and 6 " (double) quotation mark; double prime (second); inch (also: composition sign för greek letters; braille symbol symbolizing absence of (omitted) letter)

Dots 2, 3 and 5 ! exclamation mark

Other braille signs

Dot 4 composition sign for letters with diacritics that has no single braille cell representation in Swedish braille (when exact representation is not needed; the composition sign is placed before the letter)

Dot 5 Dot 2 Empty braille cell Dot 5 Dot 2 braille symbol surrounding text in another language, written with the braille code of that language

Dot 6 capital sign / capital indicator (for a single capital letter)

Dot 6 Dot 3 braille symbol highlighting a singular word

Dot 6 Dot 6 capital sign / capital indicator (for two or more capital letters)

Dot 6 Dot 6 Dot 6 Empty braille cell Dots 1, 5 and 6 capital sign / capital indicator (for two or more words in capital letters)

Dot 6 Dots 2, 3 and 6 ❬ left-pointing angle bracket

Dot 6 Dots 3, 5 and 6 ❭ right-pointing angle bracket

Dot 6 Dots 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 { left curly bracket

Dot 6 Dots 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 } right curly bracket

Dots 3 and 4 Dots 2 and 5 Empty braille cell /: :/ repeat mark

Dots 3 and 5 * asterisk

Dots 3 and 6 - hyphen; minus

Dot 6 Dots 3 and 6 Empty braille cell Dots 1, 5 and 6 braille symbol highlighting several words in a row (primarily italics)

Dots 3 and 6 – en dash

Dots 4 and 5 composition sign (e.g. for diacritical marks (standing alone without letters))

Dots 4 and 5 Dot 2 ¸ cedilla

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 1 and 4 ¢ cent sign

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 1 and 5 € euro sign

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 2 and 3 ¨ diaeresis

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 2 and 5 ~ tilde

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 2 and 6 ` grave accent

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 3 and 4 \ backslash, reverse solidus

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 3 and 5 ´ acute accent

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 3 and 6 _ low line; macron below

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 1, 2 and 3 £ pound sign

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 2, 3 and 4 $ dollar sign

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 2, 3 and 5 ^ circumflex accent

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 2, 3 and 6 left transcriber´s parenthesis

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 2, 5 and 6 † dagger

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 3, 5 and 6 right transcriber´s parenthesis

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 2, 3, 5 and 6 ˇ caron

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 3, 4, 5 and 6 # number sign

Dots 4 and 5 Dots 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 @ at-sign

Dots 4 and 6 Empty braille cell Dots 1, 5 and 6 braille symbol highlighting parts of words

Dots 4 and 6 Dot 2 Empty braille cell Dots 1, 5 and 6 Dot 2 in small print/type

Dots 4 and 6 Dots 2 and 5 Empty braille cell Dots 4, 5 and 6 |: :| repeat mark

Dots 4 and 6 Dots 2 and 6 Empty braille cell Dots 1, 5 and 6 in spaced-out letters (spacing)

Dots 4 and 6 Dots 3 and 5 Empty braille cell Dots 1, 5 and 6 italics

Dots 4 and 6 Dots 3 and 6 Empty braille cell Dots 1, 5 and 6 underlined

Dots 4 and 6 Dots 2, 3 and 5 Empty braille cell Dots 1, 5 and 6 in large print/type

Dots 4 and 6 Dots 2, 3, 5 and 6 Empty braille cell Dots 1, 5 and 6 (extra) bold type

Dots 4 and 6 Dots 2, 5 and 6 Dots 3 and 6 ± plus-minus sign

Dots 5 and 6 composition sign for greek letters; braille symbol symbolizing absence of (omitted) letter

Dots 5 and 6 Dots 2, 3, 5 and 6 Empty braille cell [ ] phonetic brackets

Dots 1, 2 and 6 composition sign for indexes (below) and diacritics below letters (the composition sign is placed before the diacritical mark and then the letter)

Dots 1, 2 and 6 Dot 2 ¸ cedilla below letter

Dots 1, 2 and 6 Dot 3 . dot below letter

Dots 1, 2 and 6 Dots 3 and 6 _ low line below letter; macron below letter

Dots 2, 3 and 6 ( left parenthesis

Dots 2, 5 and 6 + plus sign

Dots 3, 4 and 6 § section sign

Dots 3, 4 and 6 composition sign for indexes (above) and diacritics above letters (the composition sign is placed before the diacritical mark and then the letter)

Dots 3, 4 and 6 Dot 3 ˙ dot above letter

Dots 3, 4 and 6 Dots 2 and 3 ¨ diaeresis above letter

Dots 3, 4 and 6 Dots 2 and 5 ~ tilde above letter

Dots 3, 4 and 6 Dots 2 and 6 ` grave accent above letter

Dots 3, 4 and 6 Dots 3 and 5 ´ acute accent above letter

Dots 3, 4 and 6 Dots 3 and 6 ¯ macron above letter

Dots 3, 4 and 6 Dots 2, 3 and 5 ˆ circumflex accent above letter

Dots 3, 4 and 6 Dots 2, 3, 5 and 6 ˇ caron above letter

Dots 3, 5 and 6 ) right parenthesis

Dots 4, 5 and 6 | vertical line

Dots 4, 5 and 6 || parallel to (two vertical lines)

Dots 1, 2, 5 and 6 horizontal division slash / horisontal fraction slash

Dots 1, 4, 5 and 6 % percent sign

Dots 1, 4, 5 and 6 ‰ per mille sign

Dots 2, 3, 5 and 6 = equal to (equals sign)

Dots 3, 4, 5 and 6 number sign / number indicator

Dots 3, 4, 5 and 6 Dots 1, 3 and 5 > greater-than sign

Dots 3, 4, 5 and 6 Dots 2, 4 and 6 < less-than sign

Dots 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 [ left square bracket

Dots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 & ampersand

Dots 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 Dot 3 · multiplication sign (middle dot)

Dots 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 Dots 1, 2, 4 and 5 ° degree sign

Dots 1, 2, 4, 5 and 6 Dots 1, 3, 4 6 × multiplication sign (diagonal cross)

Dots 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 ] right square bracket

Full braille cell, dots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 • bullet; braille symbol separating symbols that can cause misinterpretations, separating numerals and the latin small letters a-j

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