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30 \pdf_title "How to write Braille with LyX"
31 \pdf_author "Uwe Stöhr"
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67 How to write Braille with LyX
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78 target "uwestoehr@web.de"
86 \begin_layout Standard
87 First a general note: The Braille you can create with LaTeX is not a professiona
88 l one! Professional Braille can be 6 or 8
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92 dot, while LaTeX only supports only 6
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96 dot Braille without accented characters.
99 \begin_layout Standard
100 To write Braille with LyX, load the module
104 in the document settings under
113 Now select the environment
129 from the end of LyX's environment selection box and write your text.
130 The other Braille environments are only turn on/off some properties as
131 described below; keep them empty!
134 \begin_layout Standard
140 \begin_layout Standard
142 \begin_inset Newline newline
145 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
148 \begin_layout Standard
149 with Braille letters:
152 \begin_layout Braille (default)
153 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
156 \begin_layout Standard
162 \begin_layout Standard
163 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
166 You can see that LaTeX is not able to hyphenate words written in Braille.
167 You have to do this manually.
170 \begin_layout Standard
171 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
175 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
178 \begin_layout Plain Layout
183 Only Latin letters, numbers, punctuations, parentheses, and brackets can
184 be printed in Braille.
185 Special characters like
186 \begin_inset Quotes eld
190 \begin_inset Quotes erd
194 \begin_inset Quotes eld
198 \begin_inset Quotes erd
201 , accented characters like umlauts, and line breaks are not supported.
209 \begin_layout Standard
210 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
214 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
217 \begin_layout Plain Layout
222 LyX and LaTeX's proper names
223 \begin_inset Quotes eld
227 \begin_inset Quotes erd
231 \begin_inset Quotes eld
235 \begin_inset Quotes erd
239 \begin_inset Quotes eld
243 \begin_inset Quotes erd
247 \begin_inset Quotes eld
251 \begin_inset Quotes erd
254 must be inserted as ERT, as in the following example:
262 \begin_layout Standard
268 \begin_layout Standard
273 \begin_layout Plain Layout
281 \begin_inset Newline newline
287 \begin_layout Braille (default)
291 \begin_layout Plain Layout
301 \begin_layout Standard
307 \begin_layout Standard
308 Here is an overview about the different Braille environments using the example
310 \begin_inset Quotes eld
314 \begin_inset Quotes erd
320 \begin_layout Standard
321 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
327 \begin_layout Braille (default)
331 \begin_layout Standard
332 Size that approximately matches the document's text size:
335 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
339 \begin_layout Standard
340 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
343 Tiny dots can be displayed at empty positions:
346 \begin_layout Braille (dots on)
350 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
354 \begin_layout Standard
355 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
358 The text can be printed mirrored to be later able to for "print" Braille
359 by hand with a needle or another suitable method:
362 \begin_layout Standard
366 \begin_layout Braille (default)
370 \begin_layout Standard
374 \begin_layout Braille (mirror on)
378 \begin_layout Braille (default)
382 \begin_layout Braille (mirror off)
386 \begin_layout Standard
387 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
390 Computer Braille that uses 8 dots can be turned on with the command
397 But the two extra dots are only used when they are accessed with the command
405 For example the command
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416 \begin_inset Newline newline
423 \begin_layout Plain Layout
436 \begin_layout Plain Layout
449 \begin_layout Plain Layout
453 brailleeightdotsfalse
461 \begin_layout Standard
462 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
465 The size of the default Braille font can be changed by the length
472 Its default value is 2.4
473 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
478 \begin_inset space \space{}
481 double-sized Braille where also the tiny dots have the double size, use
482 this command in ERT in your document:
485 \begin_layout Standard
493 \begin_inset Newline newline
509 \begin_layout Standard
510 Double-sized Braille:
514 \begin_layout Plain Layout
523 \begin_layout Plain Layout
539 \begin_layout Braille (default)
543 \begin_layout Standard
547 \begin_layout Plain Layout
556 \begin_layout Plain Layout
572 \begin_layout Standard
573 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
576 For more informations about the Braille cell dimensions have a look at
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579 name "Braille cell dimensions"
580 target "http://www.tiresias.org/research/reports/braille_cell.htm"