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30 \pdf_title "How to write Braille with LyX"
31 \pdf_author "Uwe Stöhr"
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68 How to write Braille with LyX
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79 target "uwestoehr@web.de"
87 \begin_layout Standard
88 First a general note: The Braille you can create with LaTeX is not complete!
89 Braille can have 6 or 8
90 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
93 dots, while LaTeX (and therefore LyX) only supports only 6
94 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
97 dot Braille without accented characters.
100 \begin_layout Standard
101 To write Braille with LyX, load the module
105 in the document settings under
110 Now select the environment
126 from the end of LyX's environment selection box and write your text.
127 The other Braille environments are only turn on/off some properties as
128 described below; keep them empty!
131 \begin_layout Standard
137 \begin_layout Standard
139 \begin_inset Newline newline
142 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
145 \begin_layout Standard
146 with Braille letters:
149 \begin_layout Braille (default)
150 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
153 \begin_layout Standard
159 \begin_layout Standard
160 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
163 You can see that LaTeX is not able to hyphenate words written in Braille.
164 You have to do this manually.
167 \begin_layout Standard
168 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
172 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
175 \begin_layout Plain Layout
180 Only Latin letters, numbers, punctuations, parentheses, and brackets can
181 be printed in Braille.
182 Special characters like
183 \begin_inset Quotes eld
187 \begin_inset Quotes erd
191 \begin_inset Quotes eld
195 \begin_inset Quotes erd
198 , accented characters like umlauts, and line breaks are not supported.
206 \begin_layout Standard
207 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
211 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
214 \begin_layout Plain Layout
219 LyX and LaTeX's proper names
220 \begin_inset Quotes eld
224 \begin_inset Quotes erd
228 \begin_inset Quotes eld
232 \begin_inset Quotes erd
236 \begin_inset Quotes eld
240 \begin_inset Quotes erd
244 \begin_inset Quotes eld
248 \begin_inset Quotes erd
251 must be inserted as ERT, as in the following example:
259 \begin_layout Standard
265 \begin_layout Standard
270 \begin_layout Plain Layout
278 \begin_inset Newline newline
284 \begin_layout Braille (default)
288 \begin_layout Plain Layout
298 \begin_layout Standard
304 \begin_layout Standard
305 Here is an overview about the different Braille environments using the example
307 \begin_inset Quotes eld
311 \begin_inset Quotes erd
317 \begin_layout Standard
318 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
324 \begin_layout Braille (default)
328 \begin_layout Standard
329 Size that approximately matches the document's text size:
332 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
336 \begin_layout Standard
337 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
340 Tiny dots can be displayed at empty positions:
343 \begin_layout Braille (dots on)
347 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
351 \begin_layout Standard
352 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
355 The text can be printed mirrored to be later able to for "print" Braille
356 by hand with a needle or another suitable method:
359 \begin_layout Standard
363 \begin_layout Braille (default)
367 \begin_layout Standard
371 \begin_layout Braille (mirror on)
375 \begin_layout Braille (default)
379 \begin_layout Braille (mirror off)
383 \begin_layout Standard
384 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
387 Braille characters can alternatively be created by writing a number to a
389 A Braille box is inserted with the menu
391 Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
399 Every number that is in this box, turns on the corresponding Braille dot,
400 for example the number
405 \begin_inset Newline newline
409 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
412 \begin_layout Plain Layout
421 \begin_layout Standard
422 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
425 Computer Braille that uses 8
426 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
429 dots can be turned on with the command
436 But the two extra dots are only used when using a Braille box.
437 For example the number
441 in a Braille box leads to:
442 \begin_inset Newline newline
449 \begin_layout Plain Layout
459 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
462 \begin_layout Plain Layout
472 \begin_layout Plain Layout
476 brailleeightdotsfalse
484 \begin_layout Standard
485 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
488 The size of the default Braille font can be changed by the length
495 Its default value is 2.4
496 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
501 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
505 \begin_inset space \space{}
508 double-sized Braille where also the tiny dots have the double size, use
509 this command in TeX code in your document:
512 \begin_layout Standard
520 \begin_inset Newline newline
536 \begin_layout Standard
537 Double-sized Braille:
541 \begin_layout Plain Layout
550 \begin_layout Plain Layout
566 \begin_layout Braille (default)
570 \begin_layout Standard
574 \begin_layout Plain Layout
583 \begin_layout Plain Layout
599 \begin_layout Standard
600 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
603 For more informations about the Braille cell dimensions have a look at
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606 name "Braille cell dimensions"
607 target "http://www.tiresias.org/research/reports/braille_cell.htm"