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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
72 \begin_inset Newline newline
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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
89 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
92 dot, while LaTeX only supports only 6
93 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
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 Braille characters can alternatively be created by writing a number to a
392 A Braille box is inserted with the menu
394 Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
402 Every number that is in this box, turns on the corresponding Braille dot,
403 for example the number
408 \begin_inset Newline newline
412 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
415 \begin_layout Plain Layout
424 \begin_layout Standard
425 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
428 Computer Braille that uses 8
429 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
432 dots can be turned on with the command
439 But the two extra dots are only used when using a Braille box.
440 For example the number
444 in a Braille box leads to:
445 \begin_inset Newline newline
452 \begin_layout Plain Layout
462 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
465 \begin_layout Plain Layout
475 \begin_layout Plain Layout
479 brailleeightdotsfalse
487 \begin_layout Standard
488 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
491 The size of the default Braille font can be changed by the length
498 Its default value is 2.4
499 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
504 \begin_inset space \space{}
507 double-sized Braille where also the tiny dots have the double size, use
508 this command in TeX code in your document:
511 \begin_layout Standard
519 \begin_inset Newline newline
535 \begin_layout Standard
536 Double-sized Braille:
540 \begin_layout Plain Layout
549 \begin_layout Plain Layout
565 \begin_layout Braille (default)
569 \begin_layout Standard
573 \begin_layout Plain Layout
582 \begin_layout Plain Layout
598 \begin_layout Standard
599 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
602 For more informations about the Braille cell dimensions have a look at
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605 name "Braille cell dimensions"
606 target "http://www.tiresias.org/research/reports/braille_cell.htm"