Uh, sir, not UED-rather-UEB.  It sdtands for Unified English Braille.

Sincerely,
The Constantly Barefooted Ray
Still a very proud and happy Mac and Iphone user!

On Jan 4, 2013, at 11:25 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland" <[email protected]> 
wrote:

> What is u e d anyway?
> 
> Thank you kindly,
> 
> Christopher-Mark Gilland.
> Founder of CLG Productions
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lisette Wesseling" 
> <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Friday, January 04, 2013 8:46 PM
> Subject: Re: TypeInBraille: Leaves a lot to be desired
> 
> 
>> Scott
>> Sorry but UEB won't solve this issue. It only applies to English speaking 
>> countries so the Europeans will keep their braille codes.
>> 
>> Lisette
>> 
>> On 5/01/2013, at 2:15 PM, Scott Davert <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>>> And this, folks, is a prime example of why we need UEB. I wish Bana
>>> wasn't taking their sweet time on the transition. Hopefully the UK
>>> will be onboard sometime soon as well.
>>> 
>>> Scott
>>> 
>>> On 1/4/13, Cheryl Homiak <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> Actually I kind of like typeinbraille but I think I will be much faster 
>>>> with
>>>> BrailleTouch.
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Cheryl
>>>> 
>>>> May the words of my mouth
>>>> and the meditation of my heart
>>>> be acceptable to You, Lord,
>>>> my rock and my Redeemer.
>>>> (Psalm 19:14 HCSB)
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Jan 4, 2013, at 6:27 PM, Lisette Wesseling <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Hi Chris
>>>>> I have this app and never use it because I find the order of having to
>>>>> write in cumbersome.
>>>>> 
>>>>> That said, there are actually various braille standards around the world
>>>>> and some of the symbols this app uses are correct for those standards. For
>>>>> example, in many European countries the capital sign is dots 46 and the
>>>>> period is dot 3. I wonder if this app was designed with  them in mind?
>>>>> As far as I know though, semicolon is dots 23 in American  or English
>>>>> braille. I think question mark might be the th sign.
>>>>> It's not an app designed for English grade Two use which is why I never
>>>>> use it. I don't know about the brackets sorry.
>>>>> 
>>>>> If I were you, I'd hold off until the braille touch app becomes available
>>>>> in the app store this month.
>>>>> www.brailletouchapp.com is the website I believe.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Type in braille is, like many of these braille apps, an interesting idea
>>>>> which doesn't really work in practice.
>>>>> Just my opinion. I haven't read the review but would probably disagree
>>>>> with it from the sound of what you say.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Lisette
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 5/01/2013, at 12:50 PM, "Christopher-Mark Gilland"
>>>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> OK, I was all? most! convinced to buy this app after hearing David's
>>>>>> review on AppleVis.  Before I go any further, let me just say that I'm
>>>>>> referring to the TypeInBraille I O S app.  So again, this is for I O S,
>>>>>> not for O S X.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I then heard a few things which really! were deal breakers.  I'm just
>>>>>> wonderring if someone can answer a few questions, and maybe help me
>>>>>> understand the logic of a few things.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> First, the logic side of it:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 1.  dot 3 is a period?  Huh?  I thought that a period would be dots 2, 5,
>>>>>> 6 in grade 2 braille, or in computer braille, would be dots 4 6.  So
>>>>>> then, how do you make an apostrophy which normally is! dot 3, both in
>>>>>> grade 2, as well as in computer braille?  OK, this leads me to the next
>>>>>> point.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 2.  Dots 4 6 is a capital letter?  I thought 4 6 was a period in computer
>>>>>> braille, and in grade 2, if written by itself was the bold face
>>>>>> indicator.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 3.  Slash is a low d? 2, 4, 5?  I thought that was the number 4 in
>>>>>> computer braille, or a period in grade 2 or a dd sign if in the middle of
>>>>>> a word, or d i s sign at the beginning of a word.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 4.  Semicolon is dots 2 3?  Wut?  I thought 2 3 was a bb sign in grade 2,
>>>>>> or in computer braille was the number 2.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 5.  Dot 5 is an at simmble?  I thought that was dot 4.  More
>>>>>> specifically, I always learned it as dot 4 A.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Now for my questions.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 1.  Can we not type in grade 2 and have it translate?
>>>>>> 2.  How do I type an  exclaimation mark?
>>>>>> 3.  If dot 5 is the at simble, then how do I do my quote marks?  Is that
>>>>>> still low h to start, and low j to end like in grade 2?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 4.  How do I do a question mark?
>>>>>> 5.  Are my left and right parenthesis still written with the o f sign,
>>>>>> and the with sign or do I do that more like grade 2, with low g both
>>>>>> ways, etc.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I dono...  There are just enough things here that do not seem to follow
>>>>>> correct braille standard from what I can see, that I really am not
>>>>>> totally sure until I understand why they couldn't have incorporated
>>>>>> correct braille characterization that make this a major! major major!
>>>>>> deal breaker for me. Plus, I'd like to know if grade 2's an option. If
>>>>>> it is, and someone can explain to me why such strange ways of writing
>>>>>> some a those characters, then? I might! key word, might! consider buying
>>>>>> it, but I need some clarification first.  I'm not trying to complain,
>>>>>> believe me.  It's just that when I've been tought correct braille, it's
>>>>>> very confusing trying to change to another form which may as wel almost
>>>>>> be it's own seperet braille table in itself.  Maybe I'm just too picky, I
>>>>>> dono, but I'd rather it be done correctly, ya know?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Thank you kindly,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Christopher-Mark Gilland.
>>>>>> Founder of CLG Productions
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