I now use UEB with my BN. If you use a sign that used to be a
contraction, you are not warned as all signs are, whether by
themselves or in combination with other symbols, used in some
way. I like it as it lets me do a lot with math that computer
braille could do through the use of unicode signs; now I can
write everything. The main problems I run into are:
1. The dot 6 is now spoken as "capital sign" and contractions,
such as "the", "with", "and", and so on are spoken as
combinations of dots instead of the word they represent. This
gets very annoying when typing with speech on.
2. Things that have multiple meanings depending on the context,
such as a lower h (open quote, "his", or question mark) are not
always interpreted. For example, if a web address has a question
mark in it, the symbol is interpreted as an open quote instead of
a question mark. This, of course, will ruin the link.
3. It is just part of the code, but you must be careful about
grade 1 indicators (dots 5-6) as they can change the meanings of
symbols.
Just my findings so far. # 1 is my biggest complaint.
Have a great day,
Alex
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From: "Kylie Forth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "'Richard Ring'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,"'Brian
Lingard'"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,<[email protected]
Date sent: Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:14:57 +0800
Subject: RE: [BrailleNote]UEB code
Hi Richard
There are actually very few differences between UEBC and previous
literary
codes. Some contractions have been removed, such as ble, ation,
ally, dd,
O'clock, and several more I can't remember.
The differences lie in the UEBC provides indicators for bold, and
a
different format for italics. The brackets have changed from
lower G to Dot
5 and the Gh sign for open bracket, and dot 5 and the AR sign for
closing.
The all capps sign has been changed from double dot 6 before
every word to
be capitalized, to triple dot 6 before the capitalized passage
then no
capitalization for the rest of the words and an End
Capitalisation indicator
(can't remember it) at the end of the passage. All format
indicators are
like this, with a begin format and end format indicator at each
end of the
passage.
Those things originally written in computer or mathematical
braille are now
written in "literary" braille, so that users don't need to learn
multiple
codes.
I haven't used UEBC on the BrailleNote so don't know anything
about that,
but would imagine that when you try to enter a defunct braille
contraction
you will get an error beep. But then again, you might have to
read your
document with speech to hear what happens to your writing.
UEBC has only been recently adopted into Australia and other
countries so we
are still learning. Only those in braille production or braille
teachers
really know the intricacies of the code.
Cheers
Kylie
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Sent: Saturday, 22 September 2007 2:54 AM
To: Brian Lingard; [email protected]
Subject: [Braillenote]UEB code
I have a question. If I to into Braille options and choose as my
Braille table the Ueb table, when I am writing am I seeing UEB
code as
it is supposed to appear? I am quite curious about this code,
and I
would like to understand its differences. Thanks.
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