Sorry, I am illiterate. I do not read in Braille. But I know how a square bracket looks like in print: It looks like an open staple. A parenthesis looks like a nail clipping instead. . or perhaps like a tiny banana. Hope this helps, G. Guido Dante Corona IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx. Research Division, Phone: 512. 838. 9735. Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.ibm.com/able