What are the symbols and contractions used in braille?

Symbols

- Period: Dot 6

- Comma: Dot 5

- Colon: Dots 5 and 6

- Semi-colon: Dots 3, 5, and 6

- Exclamation point: Dot 2

- Question mark: Dots 2 and 3

- Apostrophe: Dot 4

- Hyphen: Dots 4 and 5

- Quotation mark: Dots 4 and 6

- Parenthesis: Dots 1 and 2

- Bracket: Dots 1, 2, and 3

- Brace: Dots 1, 2, 4, and 5

Contractions

- And: Dots 1 and 3

- Of: Dots 1, 4, and 5

- The: Dots 2, 3, 4, and 5

- For: Dots 1 and 5

- To: Dots 1, 2, and 5

- It: Dot 2

- Was: Dots 2, 3, and 5

- In: Dots 2 and 4

- On: Dots 1, 3, and 5

- By: Dots 1, 2, and 4

- With: Dots 3, 4, and 5

- Not: Dots 2 and 6

- But: Dots 2 and 3

- Or: Dots 1, 2, and 3

- Which: Dots 1, 3, and 4

- When: Dots 1 and 4

- Where: Dots 1, 2, and 4