[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: Need assistance: UEB tables under LibLouis
- From: Joseph Lee <joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 11:51:47 -0800
Hi,
Below is a message from my friend Alex about various differences
between United States grade 2 and UEB grade 2. Thanks.
Cheers,
Joseph
---- Original Message ------
From: Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Need assistance: UEB tables under LibLouis
Date sent: Fri, 16 Nov 2012 09:51:09 -0500
As I understand it, North American literary is the same as what
used to be grade 2 and is now contracted. So, punctuation:
뷲ll major symbols are the same - dashed, periods, commas,
apostrophes, question marks, exclamation marks, and quotes.
븊he parentheses and other groupings are different; instead of
the lowered g representing parentheses, 5, 1 2 6 is a left
parenthesis and 5, 3 4 5 is a right parenthesis. Replace dot 5
with dots 4 6 for brackets (which are parentheses with a dot 6
before them in grade 2) and 4 5 6 for braces (which I don't think
are even represented in grade 2).
뷼ndicators have changed. A star or asterisk is now 5, 3 5
instead of the double 3 5 it is in grade 2. The bullet symbol,
not present in grade 2 to my knowledge, is 4 5 6, 2 5 6.
븄ther symbols I can think of: dollar sign is 4, 2 3 5 compared
to 2 5 6, degrees is 4 5, 2 4 5, ampersand is 4, 1 2 3 4 6.
Contractions:
븁ost contractions stay the same. However, any that involve dot
6 before a letter, specifically "ation" and "ally", are not used.
This lets you insert a capital letter into a word without
worrying about it being translated as a contraction.
븊he lowered f is still a double f inside a word. It is not,
however, a contraction for "to" when used in front of a word; the
word "to" is to be written out and separated by a space like any
other word.
*the lower d is no longer the double d, but instead always
represents a period, even in a word.
븊he number sign (3 4 5 6) is no longer "ble", but is instead
always indicative of a number. This means that the "ble" endings
of words like "trouble" or "bubble" must be written out, but that
you can insert numbers into words or math equations with no fear
of mistranslation.
뷲ny grade 2 contractions that can be written with no spaces
between them (a, for, of, with, the, and) are to be separated
with a space. Their contractions are used, but spaces are
required like any other words.
븉imilar to "to", the word "by " is no longer represented by a
dropped j connected to the next word. Instead, "by" is written
out and separated by a space.
븊he grade 2 rule that contractions must not span syllables is no
longer in place. This means you can, for instance, use the st
contraction in the word "mistake" or "mistrust".
븊he 3 6 contraction meaning "com" is no longer used and the
"com" prefix must be written out. Dots 3 6 always mean a dash in
UEB.
That's all I can think of for the moment. Let me know if you
have any other questions, or if I was not clear on anything.
On Nov 16, 2012, at 9:25 AM, Joseph Lee
<joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I need the following resources:
* Differences in punctuation and other symbols between North
American
Literary Braille (USA code) and UeB.
* Differences between USA and UeB in terms of text
presentaitons,
namely changed contraction rules.
Thanks.
//JL P.S. If you haven't I think you should also join LibLouis
list
(if you have time).
On 11/16/12, Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sure. What exactly are you looking for in terms of symbols?
Note that my
experience is only from the bn as well, so any errors hw made
will stay that
way. Still, I'm sure we can make a better one than what is
there already, so
ask away.
On Nov 16, 2012, at 6:07 AM, Joseph Lee
<joseph.lee22590@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Alex,
Decided to ask for assistance regarding NVDA and UeB table:
Since you know UeB and have used NVDA before, could you help me
with
some pointers on symbols for grade 1 and grade 2 UeB? I'm
working on
improving the UeB table (actually, building UeB tables from
scratch
since the version that ships with NVDA has some serious errors).
For
testing and verification, I'm using my Apex, which is set to use
UEB
output.
Once the links to symbol list is received, I plan to pass it
onto
LibLouis list so the devs over there so they can have a handy
reference. Thanks.
//JL
Have a great day,
Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini)
mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx
Have a great day,
Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini)
mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx
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