[header] How to read braille [title] Learn the positions of the 6 dots in a braille cell. [step] The individual cells have no intrinsic meaning; the meaning changes depending on which braille system you are reading. However, knowing where the dots and empty spaces are is important to being able to read braille. 
Braille printed for the sighted may have " shadow dots " in the empty spaces; braille for the blind will not have these. [title] Learn the first 10 letters (a-j) of the alphabet.