Hello Sara,

Yes, you can do exactly what you want...there is an official way to do it and the way I'd do it if I were you (smile).

The official way is to create a user table and add you new entry there. You would create the table by going to the Braille Translation Tables dialog from the Window-Eyes braille menu. Select the language you want the user table to start with. So for example, select "English (US)". Then click the Copy to New User Table and give it your own name. This table will then become the selected table. If you do nothing then it will just work as the English (US) table did. But now you could click the Open in Notepad button which will load the newly created file (which currently is just an exact copy of the English (US) table). Go to the end of the file in notepad to add your new line. The format of each line is the unicode value followed by a space followed by the dot pattern. So for example the unicode value for an upper case D is 68. You'll fine a line in this file as follows:

68 145

In my case I'm using 6 dot braille. Had I been using 8 dot braille the line would be:

68 1457

This means for unicode value 68 while using 6 dot braille, use dots 1-4-5. So in your case you need an entry for 3b1 hex. You need to convert this hex number to decimal which is 945. If you want say dots 2-4-6 (I'm just trowing this out) you would add the following line at the end of the file:

945 246

Then just save the file and you are all done.

The unofficial way would be to manually load the factory English US table and make the change there. If you are using 6 dot braille then you would load:

c:\program files\gw micro\window-eyes\us6.bwe

And just add the same line at the bottom "945 246". If you are using 8 dot braille then you would load:

c:\program files\gw micro\window-eyes\us8.bwe

Save the file out and in this case, unload and reload Window-Eyes and there you go!

Regards,
Doug

Sara wrote:
Hi all.
I was reading the readme for beta 2 and it says that unicode now works in braille. Where can I find info on putting the values for unicode characters into a braille table? For example, I typed the greek letter alpha and when I ask it the unicode attribute with control numpad delete, I get 3b1 or something like that. How do I put that value in a braille table and then assign it a dot pattern?
Is this possible or am I misreading the readme?
Sara
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