Hi, I'll add a few things to that discussion about braille tables to try and wrap up that issue.
The only way to support other languages without changes in KeySoft's internals is indeed through computer braille. I suppose that with the help you've received so far, you managed to get a functional Hebrew computer braille table, which lets you read Hebrew text material on your braille display (obviously with no speech). But now that you're talking about input, it gets a bit harder knowing you have a QT. On a BT, your new computer braille table would be involved in the keyboard input, and theoretically that would work for inputting Hebrew wherever computer braille is in use. The entry of a QT is not dictated by braille tables however, but by a keyboard layout, which is part of the Windows CE keyboard driver architecture, and therefore would require some deep changes on that side that are extremely unlikely to happen. Your mPower or Apex has layouts for UK and US English and for French Canadian Qwerty and Azerty keyboards. Only one of them is being used, depending on the specs of your machine. Point is, there is no Hebraic keyboard layout on board to make your qwerty keyboard generate that character set. That leaves you with the only option to use your qwerty keyboard in Braille mode (using the home row) so as to enter dots combinations that would be mapped according to your Hebrew table. That means, you'd want to operate in computer braille and use a braille entry on your qwerty keyboard. I believe some have been down that path trying to input Spanish characters on a QT, and I can't really remember what the outcome was, apart from being not as ideal as having a Spanish layout (the BNlist would remember!), but still better than having to go through the Insert menu and the Unicode tables. Try to create a TXT document in KeyWord, then go to the options about keyboard input and you should have a choice between standard keyboard (qwerty) or computer braille (the dots on the home row), and it should be possible to input Hebrew involving your computer braille table. I sincerely hope this clarifies a few things and helps you achieve your goals, and that it could be useful for others too. Alex ________________________________ Alex Bec Software Design Engineer North Beach, Christchurch, New Zealand T. +1 450 463 1717 ext. 344 F. +1 888 871 4828 Skype: alexandrebec www.humanware.com <http://www.humanware.com/> ........................................................................ ........................................................................ ......................... HumanWare see things. differently ___ 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
