[ddots-l] Re: grade 2 braille
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2006 01:17:09 +0100
Hi Ramy,
In many languages, only Grade 1 is used. Grade is simply a
print character for braille character translation, with a
few additions such as number signs.
However is some languages, in particular English for
example, there are many groups of letters in words which are
quite common. For example, coming, going, seeing, steeling,
all end with the letters i n g. And so this group of
letters becomes one cell of dots 3,4 and 6 in Grade 2
Braille.
There are also what are called "Word signs" in Grade 2 for
many letters of our alphabet, and so in braille the letter b
means but, c means can, d means do. However when you do
actually mean a single letter in Grade 2 braille, it is
preceded by a letter sign, which is dots 5 and 6 in English.
Overall, the idea is to reduce the amount of space taken up
is producing pages of braille. I've not done any tests of
late wit the new UK rules, but in general terms, Grade 2
English takes up about 15-18% less space that Grade 1.
Which in turn converts to 85-82 pages in grade 2, compared
to 100 pages of Grade 1.
George.
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Moustafa
Sent: 02 June 2006 22:51
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Subject: [ddots-l] grade 2 braille
hi all:
please, can anyone tell me what is the difference between
the grade one and grade 2 braille?
Cheers:
Ramy moustafa,
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