[bookport] Re: 8-dot Braille
- From: "Angie Matney" <matneyar@xxxxxxx>
- To: "bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 02:32:09 -0500
As someone who uses computer braille extensively, I can confirm that dot7 is
basically an upper-case indicator, and dot8 is used for control characters.
Some
displays use these cells to indicate where cursors are. I do a lot of math, and
for certain things, I actually type up math documents in the computer code for
ease of printing. The difference between the computer code and the literary
code is that each combination of dots has one and only one meaning in computer
braille.
Angie
On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 19:29:50 -0500, Walt Smith wrote:
>I'm no expert, but I don't think it's quite that simple. 8-dot braille is,
>essentially, computer braille. The dots 7 and 8 were added to make it easier
>to emboss braille books from the tapes that are used to set print books into
>type. I think that those extra dots have more function than simply
>indicating upper case or a control character.
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