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38 \pdf_title "How to write Braille with LyX"
39 \pdf_author "Uwe Stöhr"
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86 How to write Braille with LyX
93 \begin_layout Standard
94 First a general note: The Braille you can create with LaTeX is not complete!
95 Braille can have 6 or 8
96 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
99 dots, while LaTeX (and therefore LyX) only supports only 6
100 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
103 dot Braille without accented characters.
106 \begin_layout Standard
107 To write Braille with LyX, load the module
111 in the document settings under
116 Now select the environment
132 from LyX's environment selection box and write your text.
133 The other Braille environments are only turn on/off some properties as
134 described below; keep them empty!
137 \begin_layout Standard
139 \begin_inset Newline newline
143 \begin_inset CommandInset line
154 \begin_layout Standard
156 \begin_inset Newline newline
159 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
162 \begin_layout Standard
163 with Braille letters:
166 \begin_layout Braille (default)
167 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
170 \begin_layout Standard
172 \begin_inset CommandInset line
183 \begin_layout Standard
184 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
187 You can see that LaTeX is not able to hyphenate words written in Braille;
188 you have to do this manually.
191 \begin_layout Standard
192 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
196 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
199 \begin_layout Plain Layout
204 Only Latin letters, numbers, punctuations, parentheses, and brackets can
205 be printed in Braille.
206 Special characters like
207 \begin_inset Quotes eld
211 \begin_inset Quotes erd
215 \begin_inset Quotes eld
219 \begin_inset Quotes erd
222 , accented characters like umlauts, as well as line breaks are not supported.
230 \begin_layout Standard
231 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
235 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
238 \begin_layout Plain Layout
243 LyX's and LaTeX's proper names
244 \begin_inset Quotes eld
248 \begin_inset Quotes erd
252 \begin_inset Quotes eld
256 \begin_inset Quotes erd
260 \begin_inset Quotes eld
264 \begin_inset Quotes erd
268 \begin_inset Quotes eld
272 \begin_inset Quotes erd
275 must be inserted as TeX code like in the following example:
283 \begin_layout Standard
285 \begin_inset CommandInset line
296 \begin_layout Standard
301 \begin_layout Plain Layout
309 \begin_inset Newline newline
315 \begin_layout Braille (default)
319 \begin_layout Plain Layout
329 \begin_layout Standard
331 \begin_inset CommandInset line
342 \begin_layout Standard
343 Here is an overview about the different Braille environments using the example
345 \begin_inset Quotes eld
349 \begin_inset Quotes erd
355 \begin_layout Standard
356 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
370 \begin_layout Braille (default)
374 \begin_layout Standard
383 - size that approximately matches the document's text size:
386 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
390 \begin_layout Standard
391 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
402 - tiny dots can be displayed at empty positions:
405 \begin_layout Braille (dots on)
409 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
413 \begin_layout Standard
414 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
417 Text can be printed mirrored to be later able to for "print" Braille by
418 hand with a needle or another suitable method:
421 \begin_layout Standard
425 \begin_layout Braille (default)
429 \begin_layout Standard
441 \begin_layout Braille (mirror on)
445 \begin_layout Braille (default)
449 \begin_layout Braille (mirror off)
453 \begin_layout Standard
454 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
457 Braille characters can alternatively be created by writing a number to a
459 A Braille box is inserted with the menu
461 Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator
469 Every number in this box turns on the corresponding Braille dot.
470 For example leads the number
475 \begin_inset Newline newline
479 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
482 \begin_layout Plain Layout
491 \begin_layout Standard
492 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
495 Computer Braille that uses 8
496 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
499 dots can be turned on with the command
506 But the two extra dots are only printed when using a Braille box.
507 For example leads the number
511 in a Braille box leads to:
512 \begin_inset Newline newline
519 \begin_layout Plain Layout
529 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
532 \begin_layout Plain Layout
542 \begin_layout Plain Layout
546 brailleeightdotsfalse
554 \begin_layout Standard
555 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
558 The size of the default Braille font can be changed by the length
565 Its default value is 2.4
566 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
571 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
575 \begin_inset space \space{}
578 double-sized Braille use this command in TeX code in your document:
581 \begin_layout Standard
589 \begin_inset Newline newline
605 \begin_layout Standard
606 Double-sized Braille:
610 \begin_layout Plain Layout
619 \begin_layout Plain Layout
635 \begin_layout Braille (default)
639 \begin_layout Standard
643 \begin_layout Plain Layout
652 \begin_layout Plain Layout
668 \begin_layout Standard
669 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
672 For more informations about the Braille cell dimensions have a look at
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