Kylie, how about we change the Braille display mode to editing? Would that show all formatting indicators we've used in the document? Just a thought. Chris Hallsworth BrailleNote mPower user Website: www.chrishallsworth.co.nr ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kylie Forth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Brian Lingard'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 11:02 PM Subject: RE: [BrailleNote] RE: UEBC Usage
Hi all The beauty of UEBC is that you really don't need to learn another code. Computer braille as we know it disappears and everything: computer braille, mathematical braille, etc, are all written in literary braille. So, for example, a website would be written with actual fullstops (periods for the Americans) instead of the 4-6 dot combination. There are no change in code indicators, you just launch into whatever would usually be in computer braille. I admit that I'm not too happy about the format indicators as it doesn't add anything to the text except a lot of extra dots, but in most documents the font indicators are minimal. They would however, be useful when preparing a braille document for sighted consumption. At the moment, the only way to determine whether you have actually changed font is to move along character by character until you find the format indicator. This is particularly annoying when you forget to turn the font off, or accidentally insert text before it is turned off, and have several paragraphs to navigate to find the end format indicator. Having a concrete symbol instead of having to change reading mode or something equally tedious will be very handy. In a world where plain text is a thing of the past, it is good to be able to be up there with the sighted. You can always elect not to use the fonts when producing your own braille, as you do already. As pointed out earlier in this thread, every code has it's disadvantages and the good thing about using a BrailleNote is that you can adapt the codes to suit yourself to a certain extent. As to learning another code, you pretty much have to do that anyway to access materials from another country. In Australia for example, our computer braille code was a hybrid of the US and UK codes, and we still have to recognise the more common elements of both codes because we get material from both places. There's nothing gained by attacking the code (which I can see happening very easily as it has happened before on this list) and it is good to see some US and UK BrailleNote users experimenting with the code. Cheers Kylie -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Lingard Sent: Saturday, 22 September 2007 2:41 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [Braillenote] RE: UEBC Usage Ottawa Canada Dear Terri and list: Like it or lump it, UEB is a fact of life and it may be phased in for general Braille production in the English-speaking world one of these days. Reading it won't be that difficult, if you aren't interested in all of the font and such indicators, but you will probably want to write it by composing your original in text and translating it into UEB. At least for a while! Brian Brian K. Lingard email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Skype: ve3yiab2ji15 tel: +1 (613) 247-0665 New York NY Tel +1 (646) 797-2862 FAX +1 (613) 247-9998 No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.27/1020 - Release Date: 20/09/2007 12:07 PM ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.27/1020 - Release Date: 20/09/2007 12:07 PM ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ Replies to this message will go directly to the sender. If your reply would be useful to the list, please send a copy to the list as well. To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
