I agree that some easy way to make special characters would help, and this has been proposed as an improvement.
----- Original Message ----- From: Alex Hall <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, Jun 28, 2009 19:17:16 Subject: Re: [GWN] Keyboard questions > > > I want to avoid the u-chord, though, and just hit, say, > 1-2-3-5-6-8 with nothing special, maybe hitting space with the > combo, but no extra keystroke just to enter an 8-dot character. > > Have a great day, > Alex > > > ----- Original Message ----- > >From: Mike Keithley <[email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Date sent: Sun, 28 Jun 2009 19:43:27 -0800 > >Subject: Re: [GWN] Keyboard questions > > >It's true we can't do 8-dot braille, but symbols like brackets > (u-chord dots 246, u-chord dots 12456) and braces (dots 246, > 12456) can easily be generated in ASCII mode. Unfortunately, it > is impossible to generate characters above ASCII 128 through the > keyboard. Likewise, control characters cannot be keyed in > either. > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: Alex Hall <[email protected] > >To: [email protected] > >Date: Saturday, Jun 27, 2009 4:57:13 > >Subject: Re: [GWN] Keyboard questions > > > > >> I love 8 dot braille. In fact, one of my biggest reservations > >> about the bsp is that it does not have that option for writing > >> in, only reading. I do a lot of code on my notetaker, and > things > >> like brackets and braces are very important, but they are 8 dot > >> characters, not 6 dot, so writingthem will be a big pain! > > >> Have a great day, > >> Alex > > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>From: Rhonda Stogner <[email protected] > >>>To: [email protected] > >>>Date sent: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 07:33:09 -0500 > >>>Subject: Re: [GWN] Keyboard questions > > >>>Hi Tessa: > >>> Yes, it does take getting used to. Many people use 8 dot > >>>Braille. I tried it, but couldn't really get the hang of it. I > >>>guess I could, if I needed to. I had a hard time remembering > >>>that the Backspace key was also a dot 7, and the Enter key a dot > >>>8. I'm glad you have a BSP, however. Again, I wish you could > >>>have gotten the Qwerty, if that's what you're used to. Should I > >>>tell you, "the older we get", but I think basically, that applies > >>>to me, smile. > >>> Have a great day! > > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>>>From: "Tessa" <[email protected] > >>>>To: <[email protected] > >>>>Date sent: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:23:03 -0400 > >>>>Subject: Re: [GWN] Keyboard questions > > >>>>Yes, I hadn't considered that just about every device I can think > >>>of has the > >>>>enter key on the right, thanks. > >>>>I like the braille keyboard actually, though as I mentioned it > >>>takes a bit > >>>>of adjusting when going from one format to the other. > >>>>Tessa
