Braille is a tactile way of reading — small patterns of raised dots felt with the fingertips. This generator lets you see what your name looks like in braille, and share it.

Letters, accented letters, and spaces only. Numbers and punctuation are ignored. Maximum 30 characters.

You can also pre-fill a name via the URL: ?name=John%20Smith

About Lincoln & Lindsey Blind Society

LLBS has supported people affected by vision impairment in Greater Lincolnshire for over 100 years — providing practical advice, emotional support, social connection, and long-term, person-centred help to live well with sight loss.

From benefits guidance and home visits to assistive technology, social groups, and community fundraising, LLBS works alongside people at every stage of their sight-loss journey.

Visit www.llbs.co.uk to find out more

About this tool

Each letter of the entered name is converted into Grade 1 (uncontracted) Unified English Braille. Capital indicators are not included — the braille shows the lowercase form for visual simplicity.

Accented letters such as é, ñ, ö, and ç are kept in the printed name but reduced to their base letter for the braille (so “Renée” becomes “renee” in the dots). German ß becomes “ss”.

A braille cell is a 2×3 grid of dot positions, numbered:

1 · 4
2 · 5
3 · 6

Filled circles in the generated image represent dots that would be raised on the page. Empty circles show the cell structure but mark positions where there is no raised dot.