[duxuser] Re: computer code on special symbols page

  • From: "Crystal Roy" <crystal.roy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 13 Nov 2003 08:58:27 -0600

Teri, the CBC symbol for the underscore is 4-5-6, 4-5-6 ... which accounts
for the first two characters; the third is the capital indicator for the
letter T.

Crystal Roy
Braille Access Center
ND Vision Services/School for the Blind
500 Stanford Road
Grand Forks, ND  58203
701-795-2713
crystal.roy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Teri McElroy" <teri@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "dbt" <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 8:35 PM
Subject: [duxuser] computer code on special symbols page


> Hi
>
> I need to put some computer code symbols on a special symbols page.
>
> I already have the symbols for begin and end computer code, at, period
> etc.  The other symbols I need to list are underline or underscore and
> the symbol to indicate an upper case individual letter.
>
> e.g. the e-mail address in the text is Murray_Thorn@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> When dbt translates this, I get three cells in a row each with dots
> 456 between Murray and Thorn.  Dots 456 is the computer code underline
> symbol as well as the symbol which goes in front of each letter to
> show it is upper case.
>
> Can someone please clarify for me
>
> 1.  Can I list 456 once on the special symbols page and say it is
> underline and upper case indicator, or do I list the same symbol
> separately with the two different explanations?  My inclination is to
> list separately.
>
> 2.  Why has dbt put three of these 456 symbols together.  The capital
> m of Murray only has 1 456 in front to show the upper case letter, yet
> the upper case t of thorn has two.
>
> Teri
>
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