[optacon-l] Re: Print Surprises
- From: "H & C Arnold" <4carolyna@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 09:04:16 -0400
Interesting, George. Years ago, our keyboards had double quotes on the Shift
2.
In God We Trust,
Carolyn
----- Original Message -----
From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 7:36 AM
Subject: [optacon-l] Re: Print Surprises
> Hi Catherine,
>
> A common reason for unexpected characters is the choice of keyboard
> layout. Quite often for example, I will see a British user using an
> American keyboard layout.
>
> One sure fire clue there is that the shifted keys on the number row in
> the U.K. are
>
> 1 = Exclamation Mark
> 2 = Double Quotes
> 3 = Pound Currency Sign
> 4 = American Dollar
> 5 = Per Cent
>
> Also, a British keyboard has the backslash to the left of the z key.
>
> Added to that, on European keyboard layouts generally, the Alt keys
> are different. For example, right hand Alt plus number row 4 will
> generate a Euro currency symbol.
>
> George.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:optacon-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Catherine Thomas
> Sent: 20 August 2009 12:21
> To: optacon-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [optacon-l] Print Surprises
>
> I need some help and information from any Optacon users who might be
> interested in making a few small experiments.
> Recently, it's come to my attention that different fonts and/or word
> processing programs sometimes produce different print characters when
> some
> keys on the keyboard are pressed than one would expect. As you can
> imagine, this could create particular hazards for those of us who have
> no
> sight who could be merrily typing along and producing something other
> than
> what we were planning. This also accounts for many of the odities
> which we
> find in recent braille publications particularly those produced
> privately
> for example by a phone company or electrical utility.
> What I need from those who might be willing to try it, is for you to
> type
> the same characters such as the apostrophe, single quote
> (accent-grave)
> and various other random keyboard characters, print them and ehcek
> with
> the Optacon to see if any unusual symbols appear.
> Ultimately, this will lead to recommendations of what fonts totally
> blind
> people should stay away from, and what features, such as Smart Quotes
> in
> MSWord should be turned off to produce accurate print and accurate
> braille.
> If anyone has had experience with this kind of thing happening to
> them,
> please let us know.
> Thanks in advance.
> Catherine
>
>
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