[brailleblaster] Re: UTF-16 Gemoetric Shapes
- From: "John Gardner" <john.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 08:45:31 -0700
This is a big problem, because there is a wide variety of Unicode symbols
that are used as bullets or for other non-informational purposes. And of
course that same symbol might be used for something else - such as a
geometrical shape. There are several thousand such Unicode symbols. I have
a list of most along with their pronunciations in dictionaries formatted for
NVDA, Window-eyes, and Jaws. I can make them available for download if
anybody wants them. I have no clue how one might systematically make a
Braille representation except by Unicode value.
John G
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[mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Keith Creasy
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2013 8:04 AM
To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [brailleblaster] UTF-16 Gemoetric Shapes
All.
There is a whole set of geometric shapes in UTF/Unicode. In a book I was
just looking at, "Applying Life Skills" the character \x25C6 for example is
a black diamond and is really being used like a bullet. I added it to my
local chardefs but now I'm wondering if there is a more systematic approach
that is appropriate for things like this. I can imagine that in some
textbooks these characters might not be significant or might denote
something else. Maybe there needs to be an easy way in the UI for users to
define how such characters are treated.
Keith Creasy
Software Developer
American Printing House for the Blind
KCreasy@xxxxxxx
Phone: 502.895.2405
Skype: keith537
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