[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: UEB

  • From: Keith Creasy <kcreasy@xxxxxxx>
  • To: "<liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>" <liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2014 11:03:12 +0000

JActually in the context of BrailleBlaster the compter Braille table is the 
same. It is just the English mapping of ASCII to Bralle patterns. The question 
might be when to actually use computer Braille when translating to UEB. As Ken 
says UEB should not require computer Braille in most cases.

]\

Sent from my iPad

> On Mar 14, 2014, at 6:46 AM, "Ken Perry" <kperry@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> On the braille Plus 18 I just used the en-ueb-g1.ctb.  It worked pretty good 
> but the back translation problems are still an issue but they are getting 
> better as our tables get better.
> 
> Ken 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael 
> Whapples
> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 6:44 AM
> To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: UEB
> 
> Thanks for that.
> 
> So for the computer Braille table option in LibLouisUTDML what table 
> should I use? Would this be en-ueb-g1.ctb, en-ueb-g2.ctb or en-us-comp8.ctb?
> 
> Michael Whapples
>> On 14/03/2014 10:37, Ken Perry wrote:
>> There is no need for computer braille code in UEB because you can do 
>> everything from in UEB.  As for math they decided to use Nemeth but they did 
>> not put a method to easily transition from nemeth to UEB and back.  So there 
>> are still some small problems.  So the answer is you correctly read the 
>> standard.
>> 
>> Ken
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Michael 
>> Whapples
>> Sent: Friday, March 14, 2014 5:52 AM
>> To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] UEB
>> 
>> Hello,
>> In checking something with UEB with LibLouisUTDML, I noticed that there
>> is no UEB table for computer Braille or maths codes. Are these things
>> lacking from UEB support in liblouis or is this showing a lack of my
>> knowledge of UEB, should I be using an existing table which is for
>> another code (eg. the US computer Braille table).
>> 
>> Michael Whapples
>> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
>> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
>> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
>> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> 
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> For a description of the software, to download it and links to
> project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com
For a description of the software, to download it and links to
project pages go to http://www.abilitiessoft.com

Other related posts: