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To me, this came as rather a severe shock. Although I always thought I was reasonably familiar with Braille Grade II, I honestly couldn't make the least sense of these examples. That was until I had the brilliant idea to switch to the English Braille table in the preferences menu. Now I'm relieved to know that my knowledge of Grade II isn't too bad after all, which is rather what I'd expected because I have read several books and other material in that system. I realise, however, that English computer Braille is quite different from what I had expected. Especially punctuation marks and other symbols are often hard to guess since they are represented quite differently in German. So, I'm wondering whether you might have some tips as to how I might most easily make myself familiar with English computer Braille. The reason for my question is this: I was rather bewildered when I first heard about screen reader support for Grade II (I don't quite remember whether this was actually BRLTTY or some Windows screen reader). More to the point, I never considered braille contraction particularly suitable for in a computer environment where I'm constantly switching from reading (or writing) English texts to German texts or working with LaTeX and doing various other stuff. Now, that I come to think of it, I find it quite intriguing to have the ability to switch on braille contraction when reading something from the Gutenberg project or similar stuff in English. Generally, it might even be possible for emacs to communicate with BRLTTY through the API so I can automatically switch on contraction when reading this list, for instance. But to make all this worthwhile, I have to get more proficient in computer braille so as not to be confused when stumbling upon an unexpected ; or similar things. Regards, Elias _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: [email protected] For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
