[duxuser] Re: new braille symbols

  • From: Jean Menzies <jemenzies@xxxxxxx>
  • To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:12:37 -0700

George, 

All is good then. 

Re a simbraille character for copyright, etc., obviously the temporary 
workaround is to have DBT insert a character for unknown characters when 
importing a Word doc and then replace it in the braille file. But I'm just 
curious if you can somehow force a dot combination using simbraille. 

Thanks for pondering this one. 

Jean

  "Stressed" spelled backward is "desserts"


----- Original Message ----- 
From: George Bell 
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 12:56 PM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: new braille symbols


Hi Jean,

There is an upgrade in the pipeline to accommodate these changes, but I have no 
idea at this point when it will be released.  It is being worked on, is about 
as much as I dare say right now.

I'll have to work on your second question later as it's time to head home.

George.



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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of Jean Menzies
Sent: Saturday, February 09, 2008 7:34 PM
To: DBT list
Subject: [duxuser] new braille symbols


With the release of the BANA Code Updates for literary and textbook formats 
that were just released and which took effect on January 1, there are new 
symbols for things like copyright, trademark and registered. Dots 4-5 "c", "t", 
and "r" respectively. Will these codes be added to the next release of DBT? 

Also, how are rule changes encorporated? Will DBT wait until the entire code is 
revised, or do they build in changes as they are approved? I'm thinking here of 
the new rule in literary English braille to not insert an apostrophe in plural 
numbers, abbreviations, etc., and to use the termination indicator instead if 
changing from an uppercase abbreviation to a lowercase plural "s". 

Is there any way to create the new symbols for copyright, trademark and 
registered in simbraille in Word? I can't think of what might create the dot 
4-5 part. 

Jean

  "Stressed" spelled backward is "desserts"

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