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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
75 \begin_layout Standard
76 First a general note: The Braille you can create with LaTeX is not complete!
77 Braille can have 6 or 8
78 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
81 dots, while LaTeX (and therefore LyX) only supports only 6
82 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
85 dot Braille without accented characters.
88 \begin_layout Standard
89 To write Braille with LyX, load the module
93 in the document settings under
98 Now select the environment
114 from LyX's environment selection box and write your text.
115 The other Braille environments are only turn on/off some properties as
116 described below; keep them empty!
119 \begin_layout Standard
125 \begin_layout Standard
127 \begin_inset Newline newline
130 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
133 \begin_layout Standard
134 with Braille letters:
137 \begin_layout Braille (default)
138 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
141 \begin_layout Standard
147 \begin_layout Standard
148 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
151 You can see that LaTeX is not able to hyphenate words written in Braille;
152 you have to do this manually.
155 \begin_layout Standard
156 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
160 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
163 \begin_layout Plain Layout
168 Only Latin letters, numbers, punctuations, parentheses, and brackets can
169 be printed in Braille.
170 Special characters like
171 \begin_inset Quotes eld
175 \begin_inset Quotes erd
179 \begin_inset Quotes eld
183 \begin_inset Quotes erd
186 , accented characters like umlauts, as well as line breaks are not supported.
194 \begin_layout Standard
195 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
199 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
202 \begin_layout Plain Layout
207 LyX's and LaTeX's proper names
208 \begin_inset Quotes eld
212 \begin_inset Quotes erd
216 \begin_inset Quotes eld
220 \begin_inset Quotes erd
224 \begin_inset Quotes eld
228 \begin_inset Quotes erd
232 \begin_inset Quotes eld
236 \begin_inset Quotes erd
239 must be inserted as TeX code like in the following example:
247 \begin_layout Standard
253 \begin_layout Standard
258 \begin_layout Plain Layout
266 \begin_inset Newline newline
272 \begin_layout Braille (default)
276 \begin_layout Plain Layout
286 \begin_layout Standard
292 \begin_layout Standard
293 Here is an overview about the different Braille environments using the example
295 \begin_inset Quotes eld
299 \begin_inset Quotes erd
305 \begin_layout Standard
306 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
320 \begin_layout Braille (default)
324 \begin_layout Standard
333 - size that approximately matches the document's text size:
336 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
340 \begin_layout Standard
341 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
352 - tiny dots can be displayed at empty positions:
355 \begin_layout Braille (dots on)
359 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
363 \begin_layout Standard
364 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
367 Text can be printed mirrored to be later able to for "print" Braille by
368 hand with a needle or another suitable method:
371 \begin_layout Standard
375 \begin_layout Braille (default)
379 \begin_layout Standard
391 \begin_layout Braille (mirror on)
395 \begin_layout Braille (default)
399 \begin_layout Braille (mirror off)
403 \begin_layout Standard
404 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
407 Braille characters can alternatively be created by writing a number to a
409 A Braille box is inserted with the menu
411 Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
419 Every number in this box turns on the corresponding Braille dot.
420 For example leads the number
425 \begin_inset Newline newline
429 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
432 \begin_layout Plain Layout
441 \begin_layout Standard
442 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
445 Computer Braille that uses 8
446 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
449 dots can be turned on with the command
456 But the two extra dots are only printed when using a Braille box.
457 For example leads the number
461 in a Braille box leads to:
462 \begin_inset Newline newline
469 \begin_layout Plain Layout
479 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
482 \begin_layout Plain Layout
492 \begin_layout Plain Layout
496 brailleeightdotsfalse
504 \begin_layout Standard
505 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
508 The size of the default Braille font can be changed by the length
515 Its default value is 2.4
516 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
521 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
525 \begin_inset space \space{}
528 double-sized Braille use this command in TeX code in your document:
531 \begin_layout Standard
539 \begin_inset Newline newline
555 \begin_layout Standard
556 Double-sized Braille:
560 \begin_layout Plain Layout
569 \begin_layout Plain Layout
585 \begin_layout Braille (default)
589 \begin_layout Standard
593 \begin_layout Plain Layout
602 \begin_layout Plain Layout
618 \begin_layout Standard
619 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
622 For more informations about the Braille cell dimensions have a look at
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