DotlessBraille Interlining Sample for Children's Book

This is a sample of a new method for interlining and displaying braille that I call DotlessBraille. It uses special symbols, color coding, and font scaling so that the print matches up with the braille.

These samples were developed by hand using an art program. However, this method is too inefficient and error-prone. I think it would be possible to produce such material automatically if there is any interest in it. Please send feedback to info@dotlessbraille.org.

Feedback I've gotten....

A teacher's aide pointed out that when she's in the situation of interlining a student's test answers, she usually has to do it quickly by hand and the method illustrated here wouldn't be feasible.

A transcriber has the opinion that sighted people can (and should) learn to read braille (visually) using the same decoding skills that blind braille readers use and that the type of print display shown here could actually create a barrier between the sighted reader and braille.
A key characteristic of braille is that it requires the reader to consider context to determine meaning, e.g. means bed but means 254 in literary braille. A corresponding DotlessBraille display like #254, which makes it unnecessary to consider context, is thus missing an, if not the, essential aspect of braille and should not be considered as equivalent to braille.

A teacher wrote, "I think this is a great idea. ... the print should be [superimposed on] the braille so that the print reader can read along with the braille reader. I would be very interested in this when it is perfected."