Alex, what you are asking makes perfect sense. The Sense products can do a 
search-find in grade one, two, or computer Braille. If a word is misleading, 
that's when you'd not use a contraction.

----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Hall <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Date: Saturday, Feb 21, 2009 12:17:38
Subject: [Braillenote] suggestion: grade-insensitive search

>
>
> Hi all,
> I would like to suggest that there be an option to disregard 
> contractions when searching in ueb or grade 2 files.  If I 
> searched for the word "different", the bn would find it whether 
> or not it was spelled with "ff" or the lower f, and I could 
> search by typing either "ff" or its contraction.  Sometimes, 
> because of using computer braille so much in word files and 
> online, I will write something and not use a contraction and not 
> even realize it.  When I go to search for that thing, I cannot 
> find it because I have no idea which contractions I used and did 
> not use.  Is this making sense? Thoughts?
> 
> Have a great day,
> Alex
> 
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Blessings
Rhonda Stogner
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