From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from ra.raex.com([216.196.16.11]) (2482 bytes) by braille.uwo.ca via smail with P:esmtp/D:aliases/T:pipe (sender: ) id for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:46:57 -0500 (EST) (Smail-3.2.0.102 1998-Aug-2 #2 built 1999-Sep-5) Received: from blndpete (d200.as2.clev.oh.voyager.net [207.180.237.232]) by ra.raex.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id VAA12480 for ; Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:44:44 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <002301bf8fbb$e5663400$e8edb4cf@raex.com> From: "Peter Persuric" To: "SPEAKUP Distribution List" References: <3.0.5.32.20000315095328.007b9dd0@ycardz.com> Subject: Re: ibm puts voice on palm Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 21:52:54 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6600 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 List-Id: OK, The braille cel as I know it has 6 dots arranged in two columbs of 3 dots each numbered left side, or columb, top to bottom: 1 2 3 and on the right side, or collumb, labeled top to bottom: 4 5 6... One occurance of dot 6 makes the first following letter a capital letter like this: "dot 6"n = N two dot sixes infront of a word makes the whole word capitalised like this: "dot6""dot6"word = WORD The dot 3 is an ' sign. . = dots 2&5&6 ! = dots 2&3&5 a = dot 1 b = dots 1&2 c = dots 1&4 d = dots 1&4&5 e = dots 1&5 f = dots 1&2&4 g = dots 1&2&3&4 h = dots 1&2&4 i = dots 2&4 j = dots 2&4&5 k = dots 1&3 l = dots 1&2&3 m = dots 1&3&4 n = dots 1&3&4&5 o = dots 1&3&5 p = dots 1&2&3&4 q = dots 1&2&3&4&5 r = dots 1&2&3&5 s = dots 2&3&4 t = dots 2&3&4&5 u = dots 1&3&6 v = dots 1&2&3&6 w = dots 2&4&5&6 x = dots 1&3&4&6 y = dots 1&3&4&5&6 z = dots 1&3&5&6 There are also what are called short forms and contractions, basically this is sort of like short hand. There are more dots for other punctuation, ", or dot 2" is one"=dots2&5&6" Here is "sion"=two braille cell contraction,first cel of it is a commonly used modifier in braille that is dots 4&6 the second braille cell for "sion" is the letter n or "dots1&3&4&5" These are space saving features of brl for braille. another gd for good one is lr for letter. Well Here is some braille words seperated by slashes: / 6 1&2&5 2&5 / 1&3&4&5&6 1&3&5 1&3&6 / 1&2&4&5 1&3&6 1&3&4&5&6 2&3&4 // end of brl words. Good luck! Pete