[bookport] Re: The Braille keyboard
- From: "PAMELA RADER" <PRADER@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 08:16:26 -0400
Dale:
The 7 and 8 keys are used for entering some of the ASCII characters. It =
may be useful when you need to differentiate between upper- and lowercase =
letters, or letters that have the same dot pattern. Adding the 7 or 8 can =
give it a different meaning. Those characters are listed in Appendix C of =
the User's manual.=20
Pamela
>>> drlieser@xxxxxxx 09/21/04 07:52AM >>>
For what would someone use the dots 7 and 8 keys on the BP?
Dale
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "LARRY SKUTCHAN" <lskutchan@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 7:28 AM
Subject: [bookport] Re: The Braille keyboard
> Actually, this is easier to think of if you don't try to associate the =
=3D
> traditinoal key with the braille key. Let's try this:
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> Once your device is in braille input mode, you now have three rows of =
=3D
> keys. Each row has six columns. =3D20
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> The top row is the 6 dot layout that we are all familiar with.
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> The two middle keys in the bottom row act as the Space key. Immediately =
=3D
> left and right of space are Backspace and Delete. All the way to the =
left=20
> =3D
> on the bottom row is braille dot 7 and all the way on the right is =
braille=20
> =3D
> dot 8.
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> The middle column contains, from left to right, esc, left, up, down, =3D
> right, and Enter.
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> Does that help looking at it that way?
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>>>> annakb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Friday, September 17, 2004 8:16:29 AM >>>
> From the manual:
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> To use the braille keyboard, turn Book Port 90 degrees from its =
normal=3D20
> operating position, so the compact flash card faces toward your body.
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> The braille input keyboard looks like this:
> 3
> 2
> 1
> 4
> 5
> 6
> Esc
> Left
> Up
> Down
> Right
> Enter
> 7
> BackSpace
> Space
> Space
> Delete
> 8
>
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> So I've turned BP 90 degrees. I start, then with what used to be the =
=3D
> 'D'=3D20
> key (on the d-e-f row) and it becomes dot 3, with f becoming dot 1?
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> 3=3D3Dd
> 2=3D3De
> 1=3D3Df
> 4=3D3Da
> 5=3D3Db
> 6=3D3Dc
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> I know this is a wonderful and clever idea, but I befuddle=3D20
> easily. following this list, the dot 8 key is 3?
> Space is either 1 or 6?
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> Or am I reversing something? sorry to be so upside-down.
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> ann
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