Hi Meir and Jasmine, If you mean the computer braille tables you can change them manually on the Apex. (If you don't mean the computer braille table you can stop reading now (smile)). I don't know if you can change them on a PC; I know the file's extension but I don't know what file type it actually is (ascii, braille...). If you use a custom cbt file (see below) you'd basically be working with a copy so I guess you could experiment. Chapter 7 section 20 (7.20 and onwards) explains how assigning key combinations (character entry) and dot patterns (character display) should work. Assigning dot patterns (character display) doesn't work as described in the manual though. So here's what I did (I have an Apex BT): under options - braille options - computer braille table, "USA" was selected. I assigned a key combination to a character: from a document, I pressed backspace + dots 3-5 to look up a unicode character. When I found the character I wanted I pressed space-k and assigned the key combination I wanted. I generally use uppercase entry so I'd press space-u first and then the key combination I want. This results in a new file being created in the dictionaries folder on the flash disk: Custom USA.cbt. I think that if computer braille table was set to "UK" to begin with your new file would be Custom UK.cbt. Anyway, I opened this custom file in KeyWord and looked at its lay-out. The file has 2 sections: unicode and display. Unicode is divided in 2 parts: lower and upper. Unicode has the key combinations for entering the characters; display has the dot combinations for displaying the characters. You can easily search for the different parts because they are in brackets - [] - (for example: [UNICODE]). Each assigned character is on a different line and looks like this: \97=1 (this would be the letter "a" which apparently is unicode character 97 and displays / is entered as dot 1). You can edit this file now. Press backspace + dots 3-5, find the unicode character you want, press space-i to find the unicode character number and enter this preceded by \ and followed by = (equals sign) followed by the desired key or dot combination. Don't forget to press enter after your entry to create a new line. Note that if you put it under unicode - upper (for character entry) you can just enter the key combination in the cbt file, for example 4, but if you're working in a document and wish to enter the character you'd press space-u then dot 4. When you're done editing the file, save it and go to options - braille options - computer braille table and select your custom file, in this example "Custom USA". If this sounds complicated I can assure you that it isn't. The only tricky part is saving the file. I find that sometimes the Apex will turn it into a braille file, adding an extension to the cbt extension. You will find out whether this has happened soon enough because your custom file will not be available under options - braille options - computer braille table. (You will still have the other options such as USA and UK). I could not get rid of that extra extension without using a PC. I used ActiveSync to do this but I think you could also copy the file to a SD card or USB drive, plug it into a PC or laptop, find the file and rename it so it only has the cbt extension. Then copy it back to the dictionaries folder on the flash disk. I strongly suggest you keep a copy of the custom cbt file on a SD card or USB drive because it'll disappear from the dictionaries folder if you need to do a 4-5-6 reset. Have fun editing your braille table!
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