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38 \pdf_title "How to write Braille with LyX"
39 \pdf_author "Uwe Stöhr"
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95 How to write Braille with LyX
102 \begin_layout Standard
103 First a general note: The Braille you can create with LaTeX is not complete!
104 Braille can have 6 or 8
105 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
108 dots, while LaTeX (and therefore LyX) only supports only 6
109 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
112 dot Braille without accented characters.
115 \begin_layout Standard
116 To write Braille with LyX, load the module
120 in the document settings under
125 Now select the environment
141 from LyX's environment selection box and write your text.
142 The other Braille environments are only turn on/off some properties as
143 described below; keep them empty!
146 \begin_layout Standard
148 \begin_inset Newline newline
152 \begin_inset CommandInset line
163 \begin_layout Standard
165 \begin_inset Newline newline
168 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
171 \begin_layout Standard
172 with Braille letters:
175 \begin_layout Braille (default)
176 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
179 \begin_layout Standard
181 \begin_inset CommandInset line
192 \begin_layout Standard
193 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
196 You can see that LaTeX is not able to hyphenate words written in Braille;
197 you have to do this manually.
200 \begin_layout Standard
201 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
205 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
208 \begin_layout Plain Layout
213 Only Latin letters, numbers, punctuations, parentheses, and brackets can
214 be printed in Braille.
215 Special characters like
216 \begin_inset Quotes eld
220 \begin_inset Quotes erd
224 \begin_inset Quotes eld
228 \begin_inset Quotes erd
231 , accented characters like umlauts, as well as line breaks are not supported.
239 \begin_layout Standard
240 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
244 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
247 \begin_layout Plain Layout
252 LyX's and LaTeX's proper names
253 \begin_inset Quotes eld
257 \begin_inset Quotes erd
261 \begin_inset Quotes eld
265 \begin_inset Quotes erd
269 \begin_inset Quotes eld
273 \begin_inset Quotes erd
277 \begin_inset Quotes eld
281 \begin_inset Quotes erd
284 must be inserted as TeX code like in the following example:
292 \begin_layout Standard
294 \begin_inset CommandInset line
305 \begin_layout Standard
310 \begin_layout Plain Layout
318 \begin_inset Newline newline
324 \begin_layout Braille (default)
328 \begin_layout Plain Layout
338 \begin_layout Standard
340 \begin_inset CommandInset line
351 \begin_layout Standard
352 Here is an overview about the different Braille environments using the example
354 \begin_inset Quotes eld
358 \begin_inset Quotes erd
364 \begin_layout Standard
365 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
379 \begin_layout Braille (default)
383 \begin_layout Standard
392 - size that approximately matches the document's text size:
395 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
399 \begin_layout Standard
400 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
411 - tiny dots can be displayed at empty positions:
414 \begin_layout Braille (dots on)
418 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
422 \begin_layout Standard
423 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
426 Text can be printed mirror-inverted for embossing the Braille by hand with
427 a needle or another suitable device:
430 \begin_layout Standard
434 \begin_layout Braille (default)
438 \begin_layout Standard
450 \begin_layout Braille (mirror on)
454 \begin_layout Braille (default)
458 \begin_layout Braille (mirror off)
462 \begin_layout Standard
463 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
466 Braille characters can alternatively be created by writing a number to a
468 A Braille box is inserted with the menu
470 Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
478 Every number in this box turns on the corresponding Braille dot.
479 For example, the number
484 \begin_inset Newline newline
488 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
491 \begin_layout Plain Layout
500 \begin_layout Standard
501 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
504 Computer Braille that uses 8
505 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
508 dots can be turned on with the command
515 But the two extra dots are only printed when using a Braille box.
516 For example, the number
520 in a Braille box results in:
521 \begin_inset Newline newline
528 \begin_layout Plain Layout
538 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
541 \begin_layout Plain Layout
551 \begin_layout Plain Layout
555 brailleeightdotsfalse
563 \begin_layout Standard
564 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
567 The size of the default Braille font can be changed by the length
574 Its default value is 2.4
575 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
580 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
584 \begin_inset space \space{}
587 double-sized Braille use this command in TeX code in your document:
590 \begin_layout Standard
598 \begin_inset Newline newline
614 \begin_layout Standard
615 Double-sized Braille:
619 \begin_layout Plain Layout
628 \begin_layout Plain Layout
644 \begin_layout Braille (default)
648 \begin_layout Standard
652 \begin_layout Plain Layout
661 \begin_layout Plain Layout
677 \begin_layout Standard
678 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
681 For more informations about the Braille cell dimensions have a look at
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688 name "http://www.tiresias.org/research/reports/braille_cell.htm"
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