Sarah:
6 or 8 dot computer Braille is an option, under the keyboard
settings menu in the options menu. I always leave mine set to 8
dot computer so I can write accents, capital letters, and a lot
of signs like degree no matter where I am.
Good luck,
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]
Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2006 17:30:46 -0600
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] french braille?
Yes, I thought it was odd that I had the French language option
when I do not have any languages other than English installed. I
really wondered what all the options in the list were about. One
Braille language table seems to be Braille, which is a bit to
generic for me to have a guess what it is.
I noticed that I had an option just below the French language
option for computer braille language. That I do find extremely
useful, so I am glad it is an option for Braille Notes even when
another speech language is not installed. I went to a website
and switched to Spanish after turning my braille grade to
computer braille. It was nice to see Spanish displayed correctly
instead of seeing words with all the accented characters
completely missing. Now it's just too bad that I don't know how
to write in Spanish computer braille, since the braille note
seems to expect 8 dot braille or something. That is really
something that should be an option, so that 6 or 8 dot could be
used in other languages.
It also would be nice if even when set to grade II English the
translation would be done correctly for accented characters. Dot
4 in front of a letter is not the most informative thing, but it
is correct and a lot better than having those accented characters
completely ignored. :-)
Sarah Van Oosterwijck
Assistive Technology Trainer
http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
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