I've noticed a lot of references to people not knowing certain symbols to use with brail screen input. I suggest we compile a list of them in this thread and then I can put them all together as a quick reference. Who's in?
Hi, do you have a manual you could point us to? I've struggled to find a central resource, if there is one that works out there, maybe we can get it on here as a resource with a table etc for people using the onscreen brail keyboard instead of a brail display with keyboard.
Hello,
I recently asked this on a email list I am on and here is what I got.
Re: [BlindLife] Question about braille symbols
Hi
Here are the punctuation in UEB.
Exclamation point 235
at sign 41
Number sign 4561456
dollar 4234
Percent 46356
carat 426
and sign 412346
star 535
left parenthesis 5126
right paren 5345
dash 36
underline 4636
equals 52356
plus sign 5235
left bracket 46126
right bracket 46345
left brace 456126
right brace 456345
semicolon 23
colon 25
apostrophe 3
quote 236 356
comma 2
lesser then 4126
period 256
greater then 4345
slash 45616
question mark 236
grave 6356
tilde 435
Hope this helps.
Comments
@ for email
I'll kick off.. To do an @ sign, such as when inputting your email address:
Dot 4 followed by dot 1.
I'm definitely in.
I'm definitely in.
the one I discovered on my own is the underscore, that being dots 46, followed by dots 36.
I've got mine set to UEB, not that I know UEB, it was introduced after I left school.
I'm use to english UK braille normally.
I'll definitely be keeping an eye on this thread.
Underscore
I just tested that, I don't think you actually need the second part of it, so just the 4 6 works to add the underscore... Can you confirm this?
just tested it
I just tested it in an app I use to transfer text to and from the PC and you definitely need dots 36 at the end.
I wonder if braille code does make a difference, in wich case, this list of symbols is going to get confusing.
For example the at symble, the symble used in email addresses is dot 4 followed by dot 1.
Using english unified
Strange, I tested in notes on the device and it read it as an underline with or without the extra part...
Period or full stop in an email
When writing a full stop or period in text without spaces, again, add the dot 4 before the full stop, 256...
I'm guessing that the dot 4 is some sort of modifier?
This isn't really my area! Ha.
Hashtag
Dots 456 followed by 1456
are we inventing the wheel here?
Wouldn't these be the same symbols listed for input from a braille display?
If so, any display manual or the voiceover braille commands should work.
Do you have an example?
Hi, do you have a manual you could point us to? I've struggled to find a central resource, if there is one that works out there, maybe we can get it on here as a resource with a table etc for people using the onscreen brail keyboard instead of a brail display with keyboard.
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Dollar-sogn
Try out the dollar sign which for me is dot4 and then a
Here you go
Hello,
I recently asked this on a email list I am on and here is what I got.
Re: [BlindLife] Question about braille symbols
Hi
Here are the punctuation in UEB.
Exclamation point 235
at sign 41
Number sign 4561456
dollar 4234
Percent 46356
carat 426
and sign 412346
star 535
left parenthesis 5126
right paren 5345
dash 36
underline 4636
equals 52356
plus sign 5235
left bracket 46126
right bracket 46345
left brace 456126
right brace 456345
semicolon 23
colon 25
apostrophe 3
quote 236 356
comma 2
lesser then 4126
period 256
greater then 4345
slash 45616
question mark 236
grave 6356
tilde 435
Hope this helps.
Regards,
Greg Wocher