Bliss translator

English to Blissymbolics

Type a sentence to write it in Blissymbolics. Tense, plurals, questions, commands and negation follow the fundamental rules of Blissymbolics Communication International (BCI). Any symbol can be changed before you download the sentence or have it read aloud.

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BCI's rules open a question with “question”. Many Bliss writers use a question mark instead.

BCI's action indicator covers every present form; the present-action indicator is mainly for teaching.

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Search the BCI Authorized Vocabulary drawings and the other symbol sets on this server (Sclera, Mulberry), and ARASAAC's online library.

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A grid of symbols that speaks each cell when it is chosen. Boards are saved on this server; only the browser that made a board can change it.

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