Braille Patterns
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The Braille Patterns Unicode block encodes the six-dot and eight-dot patterns used in Braille, the tactile writing system for people who are blind or visually impaired. These patterns allow for universal representation and digital communication of Braille texts.
The Unicode block Braille Patterns (U+2800..U+28FF) contains all 256 possible patterns of an 8-dot braille cell, thereby including the complete 6-dot cell range. In Unicode, a braille cell does not have a letter or meaning defined. For example, Unicode does not define U+2817 ⠗ BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1235 to be "R".