Hi Todd,
On 26 Apr 2004 at 0:47, Todd Patkus spoke, thus:
> While I read both messages you both wrote, I wonder if you have ever seen a
> scientific book in Braille where it shows symbols used to represent
> chemical names with atom/weight numbers. Just curious. Smile.
Yes, but never in electronic form. The exception has been the Tiger -
that is capable of quite amazing stuff, but it isn't braille in the
conventional sense, and the symbols are rendered in an embossed print
renditioning. I've never seen an embossed scientific paper in UK
maths/sci before, although I do seem to recall a number of projects
independently started by Dolphin and the RNIB to achieve some sort of
equation support in braille. In truth, the local braille code always
provisions for more than is typically supported by braille translation
software, for a number of reasons. Duxbury is not even the only braille
translator under the sun, believe it or not. :-)
Cheers,
Sabahattin
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Book (n): a utensil used to pass time while waiting
for the TV repairman.
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