I actually had the same question up to and including how to make a period 
because I used dot six and this wasn't working, so I don't think this is a 
crazy question because it helped me tremendously.
On Oct 14, 2012, at 10:47 AM, Richard Turner <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
> All refreshable braille displays have 8 dots.  They are numbered down the
> left side of the cell, 1,2,3,7 and the right side, 4,5,6,8.
> Dots 7 and 8 are used in standard braille as the cursor indicator.
> In computer braille, dot 7 is used for capital letters in place of the dot
> 6, so a capital letter only takes one cell, so a capital A for example,
> would be dots 1 and 7.
> The "at sign" is normally dots 7 and 4  if you have 8 dot braille turned on.
> Those are just a couple examples.
> The National Braille Press has a nice little booklet called Computer Braille
> Made Easy that is very good if you want to truly learn computer braille.
> Also, there is an app for $0.99 called Braille Reference that has a list of
> computer braille symbols.
> 
> HTH,
> Richard
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of CD
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 7:14 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: RE: Braille Displays For iPhone
> 
> What does 8 dot omputer Braille do?  I'm so used to basics sorry I sound
> ignorant.  I know what computer is but what would this setting do.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf
> Of David Chittenden
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2012 6:08 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Braille Displays For iPhone
> 
> Actually, Apple uses a time-sensitive grade II braille buffer which only
> allows approximately half a second. What this means is, if you hesitate for
> a half second, the grade II translator converts the buffer and enters the
> data. If you set braille to 8 dot computer braille, the buffer will
> deactivate and this translation aspect stops. In other words, if there is no
> text in the grade II buffer, you can braille as slowly as you wish.
> 
> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA
> Email: [email protected]
> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On 14/10/2012, at 3:20, "CD" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>> The Focus 14 is less money.  The APH does glitch if you don't input 
>> real fast from what I saw when I saw it and my friend who had it said 
>> that is one of the glitches with it.
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On 
>> Behalf Of Cheryl Ann Homiak
>> Sent: Saturday, October 13, 2012 6:44 AM
>> To: [email protected]
>> Subject: Re: Braille Displays For iPhone
>> 
>> Can you expand on this and say why you like the Focus 14 better?
>> 
>> Thanks.
>> On Sat, 13
>> Oct 2012, VaShaun Jones wrote:
>> 
>>> I have and like the Focus verses the APH
>>> 
>>> Sent from my iPhone
>>> 
>>> On Oct 13, 2012, at 1:24 AM, "CD" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I am looking at the Focus 14 and also the Refresha Braille.  If 
>>>> anyone has either of these could you write me privately and let me 
>>>> know how you like them.  I would really like to compare the two.  I 
>>>> have seen the Refresha Braille but haven't seen the Focus which I 
>>>> know is less expensive.  You can write me at [email protected]
>>>> 
>>>> Carla
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
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