Hi, Toni,
I'm a newbie to the BrailleSense Plus, but I've been using braille and
braille notetakers for years. I'll try to answer your questions.
I know the BrailleSense Plus has the ability to read 8-dot braille. I know
that when I created a .brl document and tried to use 8-dot braille, I
couldn't do it. But I'm using a qwerty style keyboard, not a braille style
keyboard. It may be possible for a person who uses a braille style keyboard
to write in 8 dot braille using the BrailleSense Plus or Voice, Sense, but
I haven't received many responses from those who use braille keyboards. I
have a notetaker which does support 8 dot braille and foreign languages and
you can write 8 dot braille, using either the qwerty or braille style
keyboard.
Now, computer braille, also called "grade 0" or Ascii braille is used during
the following situations: (1) e-mail addresses (2) web URLS (3) filenames,
(4) groups of mixed letters and numbers like a ham radio call sign or
password (5) any time a symbol like + or \ is used (6) blind computer
programmers use it.
The ability to write 8-dot computer braille is important because dots 7 and
8 are used for uppercase letters and foreign language accents. For example,
A in computer braille is dots 1,7 and accented a in Spanish is dots
1,2,3,5,6,8.
Unfortunately, if you need to write something in computer braille, you must
use the computer braille symbols. This is because some symbols like \ < > @
cannot be translated into contracted braille.
I don't know the answers for your questions about the web browser.
I hope this helps.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Tonilyn" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 1:41 PM
Subject: [GWN] a few "newbie" questions
Hi all,
I am not really a newbie to braille, but am "late-blind" and have been
utheing braille for only 3 years. I am proficient in reading contracted
braille and writing it, and also some computer braille, but since I only
use it to do email, web, read books, and write documents for myself, I
know little about 8-dot braille and computer braille. So please be patient
with this old lady. SMILE
First, I see that the Braille Sense Plus (and original) has an 8-dot
braille mode. Is that just to read it, but not type using it?
Secondly, 'in what cases would you need to use 8-dot braille? I have heard
for some foreign languages, but what else? Formatting documents? Nemeth
codae?
Thirdly, this is about using computer braille. Is there a way to use grade
2 braille with marks around it to make it computer braille? or anything
like that? I don't know if that makes sense, so for example, instead of
having to switch to ASCII and type an email address, is there a way to do
it in grade 2 and get the "at" sign in it AND make it "clickable" for
desktop computer users, and the same with web addresses (I hope one day
we can click on links and such in email on our Br and Voice Senses!)? Or
do you just have to change ! Ascii? I just notiace that sometimes when I
go to AASCII and then back to grade 2 that some characters change !
numbers and I have to correct it.
And lastly, this is about the web browser on the Braille Sense Plus. I
found an option for "user mode" with the options of Windows CE, Windows
XP, and, I think the third one was pocket PC . What is it for?
Thanks,
Toni-Deaf-blind and DETERMINED!
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