[ddots-l] Re: grade 2 braille
- From: "W. Nick Dotson" <nickdotson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 03 Jun 2006 10:03:42 -0500
I still use Grade III, and remember some of We user's of Raised Dot Computing's
software having permission to try and hack Grade III contractions into the
translation tables, with varrying degrees of success contingent upon how much
the user maintained sstrict adherence to the outlining and contraction rules
he/she was using.
Nick
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From: William R. McCann
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2006 20:42:43 -0400
Just to keep things interesting, the Braille Authority of North America decided
last year, I believe it was, that the term
"uncontracted braille" should replace the term "Grade 1 braille" and
"contracted braille" should replace "Grade 2" braille!
One of the results of that decision is now any blind guy who wants to read the
text of his employment agreement in braille can
read an uncontracted contract!
Right, this message comes under the "Eschew Obfuscation" category!
Bill
P. S. Anybody else old enough to remember Grade 3 braille?
P. P. S. In an attempt to bring this thread just slightly back on topic, our
GOODFEEL Braille Music Translator can produce
uncontracted or contracted English braille. It ships with .ini files which a
knowledgeable user can revise to build his own "poor
man's" literary braille translator. It'll never be Duxbury but it works fairly
well.
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