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28 \pdf_title "How to write Braille with LyX"
29 \pdf_author "Uwe Stöhr"
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66 How to write Braille with LyX
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75 target "uwestoehr@web.de"
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84 First a general note: The Braille you can create with LaTeX is not a professiona
85 l one! Professional Braille can be 6 or 8\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
86 dot, while LaTeX only supports
87 only 6\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
88 dot Braille without accented characters.
91 \begin_layout Standard
92 To write Braille with LyX, load the module
96 in the document settings under
102 Now select the environment
112 from the end of LyX's environment selection box and write your text.
113 The other Braille environments are only turn on/off some properties as
114 described below; keep them empty!
117 \begin_layout Standard
123 \begin_layout Standard
126 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
129 \begin_layout Standard
130 with Braille letters:
133 \begin_layout Braille (default)
134 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
137 \begin_layout Standard
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144 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
147 You can see that LaTeX is not able to hyphenate words written in Braille.
148 You have to do this manually.
151 \begin_layout Standard
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156 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
159 \begin_layout Standard
164 Only Latin letters, numbers, punctuations, parentheses, and brackets can
165 be printed in Braille.
166 Special characters like
167 \begin_inset Quotes eld
171 \begin_inset Quotes erd
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179 \begin_inset Quotes erd
182 , accented characters like umlauts, and line breaks are not supported.
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203 LyX and LaTeX's proper names
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220 \begin_inset Quotes eld
224 \begin_inset Quotes erd
228 \begin_inset Quotes eld
232 \begin_inset Quotes erd
235 must be inserted as ERT, as in the following example:
243 \begin_layout Standard
249 \begin_layout Standard
254 \begin_layout Standard
266 \begin_layout Braille (default)
270 \begin_layout Standard
280 \begin_layout Standard
286 \begin_layout Standard
287 Here is an overview about the different Braille environments using the example
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293 \begin_inset Quotes erd
299 \begin_layout Standard
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306 \begin_layout Braille (default)
310 \begin_layout Standard
311 Size that approximately matches the document's text size:
314 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
318 \begin_layout Standard
319 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
322 Tiny dots can be displayed at empty positions:
325 \begin_layout Braille (dots on)
329 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
333 \begin_layout Standard
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337 The text can be printed mirrored to be later able to for "print" Braille
338 by hand with a needle or another suitable method:
341 \begin_layout Standard
345 \begin_layout Braille (default)
349 \begin_layout Standard
353 \begin_layout Braille (mirror on)
357 \begin_layout Braille (default)
361 \begin_layout Braille (mirror off)
365 \begin_layout Standard
366 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
369 Computer Braille that uses 8 dots can be turned on with the command
376 But the two extra dots are only used when they are accessed with the command
384 For example the command
398 \begin_layout Standard
411 \begin_layout Standard
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428 brailleeightdotsfalse
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437 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
440 The size of the default Braille font can be changed by the length
447 Its default value is 2.4\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
449 To get e.\InsetSpace \thinspace{}
451 double-sized Braille where also the tiny dots have the double
452 size, use this command in ERT in your document:
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474 \begin_layout Standard
475 Double-sized Braille:
479 \begin_layout Standard
488 \begin_layout Standard
504 \begin_layout Braille (default)
508 \begin_layout Standard
512 \begin_layout Standard
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541 For more informations about the Braille cell dimensions have a look at
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544 name "Braille cell dimensions"
545 target "http://www.tiresias.org/publications/reports/braille_cell.htm"