You don't have to write your email in computer Braille. When you send the message, it is translated into plain ascii text. The only things you have to write in computer Braille are: web addresses (when you want to go on the internet and browse) and email addresses. There is no capital sign in computer Braille. Computer Braille characters must have a one to one correspondence with print characters, so no Braille letter can take up more than one cell. Since a capital sign would take up one cell, and the letter to which it refers would take up another cell, you can't have capital signs in computer Braille. However, if you are writing something in computer Braille, like an email address, you can press space with u and then type the letter or symbol you need.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of patti Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Braillenote] email question and computer braille Hallo everyone. I'm confused about something. When you write an email message, do you braille in computer braille or grade 2? I always thought it was comfuter braille, so it would transfer correctly for someone reading on a pc. However, last night i happened to have my speech on as i was typing a message and as I hit dots 4-6 it said italics, not peeriod. When i write the low D as a feriod, it says period. same with comma which I thought was dot 6 in computer braille. And what is the computer braille capital sign? Nobody has ever told me my punctuation reads wrong, but a blind person reading with speech wouldn't necessarily notice it, and print readehs may assume that I'm just a lousy jypist. Help, cuz I feel like a real dummy. Patti Cutler ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
