[BNU] Re: Spanish Accent Marks
- From: anthony <aluis.rivera25@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ainekc@xxxxxxxxx, mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 07 May 2013 16:34:34 -0700
how do i change my code to spanish computer braille?
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From: Aine Kelly-Costello <ainekc@xxxxxxxxx
To: mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Wed, 08 May 2013 07:50:21 +1200
Subject: [BNU] Re: Spanish Accent Marks
Spanish computer braille works, yes, but I personally steer clear
of it for the following reasons:
* Spanish computer braille has its own set of punctuation, so
you'd need to learn at least some of that.
* Switching codes is an absolute pain (if you're like me and
interchange writing in English and Spanish reasonably regularly,
eg on a web page you'll almost certainly want English computer
braille
* If you want to edit with speech, the keynote gold synthesizer
speaks very, very slowly in Spanish and you can't change it, and
the eloquence one lags too much for my liking to be honest
although it is usable
* I find it odd that the Spanish accented characters display with
the dot 8 on the bottom, although you could reconfigure that if
you wanted to
Just some thoughts ... I've done Spanish for 6 years on the BN
now and can say that assigning macrons in the unicode tables (and
also display combinations, let me know if you want help with
that) works well, as does the English grade 2 option. One thing
to be aware of in grade 2 is that every now and again (there must
be a pattern but I'm not sure what it is), the BN seems to decide
you want a grave accent instead of an acute one, which goes the
other way ... But that's usually never an issue.
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Hall <mehgcap@xxxxxxxxx
To: kskristen@xxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Tue, 7 May 2013 13:51:29 -0400
Subject: [BNU] Re: Spanish Accent Marks
A couple other options include using UEB (not adviseable since it
can be tedious to switch codes) or Spanish computer braille.
Once
you know that code, it isn't hard to use, but it only works in
text files, not braille ones. Also, it does take some getting
used to, but all the Spanish accents and punctuation are there.
The main catch is that you'd have to use 8-dot mode to get all
the advantages, which takes yet more getting used to. Trying the
dot 4 before a letter in grade 2 might be your best bet, but
there are a few more possibilities for you to ponder. Good luck
on the test.
On May 7, 2013, at 1:21 PM, Kristen Steele <kskristen@xxxxxxxxx
wrote:
JJ,
Yes, there are two ways, depending on what kind of document you
are using:
(1) For a KeyWord file (which I think is easiest to do Spanish),
just type a dot 4 before the letter on which you want an accent.
(2) (This way is a little harder but doable.) In a MS Word doc,
go to the unicode characters menu with backspace-3-5. Then, type
the letter that needs an accent, followed by acute (or tilde for
ñ).
Btw, there's an article on accents on the BNU site that may be
helpful.
Hth :)
----- Original Message -----
From: johnnie Jean duran <johnniejduran@xxxxxxxxx
To: Braille Note User List <braillenote@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date sent: Tue, 7 May 2013 11:10:10 -0600
Subject: [BNU] Spanish Accent Marks
Hi y'all,
I was just wondering if there was a way to do accent marks for
spanish
using the braillenote apex BT 32. I have a test coming up, and
I
need
to use propper accent marks.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks,
JJ
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Ms. Johnnie Jean Duran
Seventh Grade student at O,Connell Middle school
Lakewood, Colorado
United States
Member of the National Federation Of The Blind
Board member of the Colorado Association Of Blind Students
(CABS)
Main Admin And Founder of: http://www.jjsnet.motribe.mobi
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