That makes so much sense, David, for those of us fortunate to have a braille display for reading. As soon as I changed my settings to ueb as you said I picked up immediately on the b l e sign no longer being used but spelt out.
All the best from Dave Sent from my iPhone > On 25 Apr 2014, at 22:31, David Chittenden <dchitten...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I set my iPhone to UEB and used it to teach myself UEB. I taught myself > computer braille in the early 90's, so I have 8-dot mode (computer braille) > active, and switch my braille display whenever I am not certain of a symbol. > > David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA > Email: dchitten...@gmail.com > Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 > Sent from my iPhone > >> On 26 Apr 2014, at 8:22, Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy >> <hayasim...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I don't know UEB at all. How can I learn? >> >> Haya Simkin & guide dog Pammy >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Apr 25, 2014, at 22:18, Dave Sheridan <dsherida...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Rob >>> >>> The lower f at the start of a sequence simply stands for the word to and >>> not the letters t o as in the words you mention today tomorrow etc. >>> >>> All the best from Dave >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>>> On 25 Apr 2014, at 19:46, "RobH." <bobs...@googlemail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> Are you on a braille input device, or mbraille? I find it to be the ! >>>> point >>>> when not contracted. I seldom use contractions now. I think more in terms >>>> of typed text mode, so type that in Braille. >>>> Irritating when you want to type all those words with the TO prefix - >>>> TOday, >>>> TOmorrow,TOgether, TOward and so on. >>>> mBraille users ought to feedback on this, would like to know. 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