You are correct that it is tricky at best. As to what is being done, I
can't say because I report the issues, we get new builds of the firmware
to try and testing happens. Remember that Braille Sense is not just made
for the US market. Although I agree that Braille is very important,
everyone who has a bug to report feels it's a major issue. This does not
make your concern any more or less important than anyone else's.
Daveed Mandell said the following on 8/9/2008 1:13 PM:
Raul: This problem may have been reported, and may be worked on, but
it's been a long time, and I'd like to know what progress is being made
on this major braille issue. The coees in question are standard and
consistent. Does the problem revolve around how the translator works
with the BSP's firmware? This codes problem apparently never seemed to
come up with other notetakers.
Another concern is translations of such initials as U.S.A. I also
notice that there always appears a "dot 4" before the computer braille
period, which is dots 4-6.
The translator does some good things that other notetakers don't appear
to do, such as putting dot 4 before such signs as "plus", in such
instances as "Left Arrow+Right Arrow". A trickly businsess this,
braille translation via computer!
--Daveed--
At 06:04 PM 8/8/2008, you wrote:
This has already been reported and is being worked on.
Daveed Mandell said the following on 8/8/2008 6:08 PM:
I wrote a document yesterday on the BSP in contracted braille.
One line contained a braille dash, dots 3-6, 3-6. I saved the
document as a .doc file, and what do you know, that braille dash
turned into the following software code:
the letter "x", followed by dots 4-5, 4-5, followed by the lowered
numbers 227, followed by dots 4-5-6-8. I have found many other
similar codes in various files I read with the BSp, with different
numbers, such as 240 and 224. I believe all these codes represent
punctuation marks.
I also often encounter numerous instances where the 8-dot computer
braille vertical bar sign, dots 1-2-5-6-8, appears close up to words
and numbers. When that happens, the words or numbers in question are
translated as computer braille, not contracted braille.
I must emphasize that, while the BrailleNote has its own braille
idiosyncracies, similar software codes do not creep into the braille
on that notetaker. This has been an ongoing problem with the Sense
notetakers, and it is frustrating to note that neither HIMS nor GW
Micro has been able to solve it, working with Duxbury Systems.
What I haven't been able to determine yet is if these software codes
appear on the visual display.
--Daveed--
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