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29 \pdf_title "How to write Braille with LyX"
30 \pdf_author "Uwe Stöhr"
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66 How to write Braille with LyX
71 \begin_inset Newline newline
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77 target "uwestoehr@web.de"
85 \begin_layout Standard
86 First a general note: The Braille you can create with LaTeX is not a professiona
87 l one! Professional Braille can be 6 or 8
88 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
91 dot, while LaTeX only supports only 6
92 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
95 dot Braille without accented characters.
98 \begin_layout Standard
99 To write Braille with LyX, load the module
103 in the document settings under
112 Now select the environment
128 from the end of LyX's environment selection box and write your text.
129 The other Braille environments are only turn on/off some properties as
130 described below; keep them empty!
133 \begin_layout Standard
139 \begin_layout Standard
141 \begin_inset Newline newline
144 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
147 \begin_layout Standard
148 with Braille letters:
151 \begin_layout Braille (default)
152 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
155 \begin_layout Standard
161 \begin_layout Standard
162 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
165 You can see that LaTeX is not able to hyphenate words written in Braille.
166 You have to do this manually.
169 \begin_layout Standard
170 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
174 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
177 \begin_layout Plain Layout
182 Only Latin letters, numbers, punctuations, parentheses, and brackets can
183 be printed in Braille.
184 Special characters like
185 \begin_inset Quotes eld
189 \begin_inset Quotes erd
193 \begin_inset Quotes eld
197 \begin_inset Quotes erd
200 , accented characters like umlauts, and line breaks are not supported.
208 \begin_layout Standard
209 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
213 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
216 \begin_layout Plain Layout
221 LyX and LaTeX's proper names
222 \begin_inset Quotes eld
226 \begin_inset Quotes erd
230 \begin_inset Quotes eld
234 \begin_inset Quotes erd
238 \begin_inset Quotes eld
242 \begin_inset Quotes erd
246 \begin_inset Quotes eld
250 \begin_inset Quotes erd
253 must be inserted as ERT, as in the following example:
261 \begin_layout Standard
267 \begin_layout Standard
272 \begin_layout Plain Layout
280 \begin_inset Newline newline
286 \begin_layout Braille (default)
290 \begin_layout Plain Layout
300 \begin_layout Standard
306 \begin_layout Standard
307 Here is an overview about the different Braille environments using the example
309 \begin_inset Quotes eld
313 \begin_inset Quotes erd
319 \begin_layout Standard
320 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
326 \begin_layout Braille (default)
330 \begin_layout Standard
331 Size that approximately matches the document's text size:
334 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
338 \begin_layout Standard
339 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
342 Tiny dots can be displayed at empty positions:
345 \begin_layout Braille (dots on)
349 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
353 \begin_layout Standard
354 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
357 The text can be printed mirrored to be later able to for "print" Braille
358 by hand with a needle or another suitable method:
361 \begin_layout Standard
365 \begin_layout Braille (default)
369 \begin_layout Standard
373 \begin_layout Braille (mirror on)
377 \begin_layout Braille (default)
381 \begin_layout Braille (mirror off)
385 \begin_layout Standard
386 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
389 Braille characters can alternatively be created by writing a number to a
391 A Braille box is inserted with the menu
393 Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
401 Every number that is in this box, turns on the corresponding Braille dot,
402 for example the number
407 \begin_inset Newline newline
411 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
414 \begin_layout Plain Layout
423 \begin_layout Standard
424 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
427 Computer Braille that uses 8
428 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
431 dots can be turned on with the command
438 But the two extra dots are only used when using a Braille box.
439 For example the number
443 in a Braille box leads to:
444 \begin_inset Newline newline
451 \begin_layout Plain Layout
461 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
464 \begin_layout Plain Layout
474 \begin_layout Plain Layout
478 brailleeightdotsfalse
486 \begin_layout Standard
487 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
490 The size of the default Braille font can be changed by the length
497 Its default value is 2.4
498 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
503 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
507 \begin_inset space \space{}
510 double-sized Braille where also the tiny dots have the double size, use
511 this command in TeX code in your document:
514 \begin_layout Standard
522 \begin_inset Newline newline
538 \begin_layout Standard
539 Double-sized Braille:
543 \begin_layout Plain Layout
552 \begin_layout Plain Layout
568 \begin_layout Braille (default)
572 \begin_layout Standard
576 \begin_layout Plain Layout
585 \begin_layout Plain Layout
601 \begin_layout Standard
602 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
605 For more informations about the Braille cell dimensions have a look at
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608 name "Braille cell dimensions"
609 target "http://www.tiresias.org/research/reports/braille_cell.htm"