[duxuser] Re: Symbols
- From: Dave Durber <dadurber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 21:42:26 -0500
Hello Corina:
The way that the at sign is produced in magazines depends upon the
braille code that is being used and therefore the way that the at sign
is to be represented in computer braille for that code.
Sincerely:
Dave Durber
On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 00:04:32 -0000, you wrote:
>Dear Steve,
>
>I have seen the at sign written as the t h e sign in email addresses. Is
>there no way of getting Duxbury to translate that way? Most publications
>use it in their email addresses.
>
>Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.
>
>Karina
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Dresser" <s.dresser@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Sunday, November 28, 2004 10:58 PM
>Subject: [duxuser] Re: Symbols
>
>
>> Karina,
>>
>> What you've described is normal behavior for DBTW because there are no
>> representations for these characters in translated braille. If you want a
>> character such as the at sign to remain untranslated, you could use the
>[q]
>> code to force DBTW to write out the symbol. For example, to write the at
>> sign, you would code [q~@]. This also means that you could write anything
>> you want in place of the at sign by using it as the parameter of the [q]
>code.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> On Sunday 11/28/04 12:08 Karina Gregory wrote:
>>
>> >Dear List Members,
>> >
>> >Please can someone advise of what I can do to enable DBT 10.5 to
>recognise
>> >symbols such as @ and backslash, as at the moment it is writing them out
>> >in words.
>> >
>> >Thank you for your help and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
>> >
>> >Karina
>>
>>
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