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42 \pdf_title "How to write Braille with LyX"
43 \pdf_author "Uwe Stöhr"
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100 How to write Braille with \SpecialChar LyX
108 \begin_layout Standard
109 First a general note: The Braille you can create with \SpecialChar LaTeX
111 Braille can have 6 or 8
112 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
115 dots, while \SpecialChar LaTeX
116 (and therefore \SpecialChar LyX
117 ) only supports only 6
118 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
121 dot Braille without accented characters.
124 \begin_layout Standard
125 To write Braille with \SpecialChar LyX
130 in the document settings under
135 Now select the environment
151 from \SpecialChar LyX
152 's environment selection box and write your text.
153 The other Braille environments are only turn on/off some properties as
154 described below; keep them empty!
157 \begin_layout Standard
159 \begin_inset Newline newline
163 \begin_inset CommandInset line
174 \begin_layout Standard
176 \begin_inset Newline newline
179 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
182 \begin_layout Standard
183 with Braille letters:
186 \begin_layout Braille (default)
187 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
190 \begin_layout Standard
192 \begin_inset CommandInset line
203 \begin_layout Standard
204 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
207 You can see that \SpecialChar LaTeX
208 is not able to hyphenate words written in Braille; you
209 have to do this manually.
212 \begin_layout Standard
213 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
217 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
220 \begin_layout Plain Layout
225 Only Latin letters, numbers, punctuations, parentheses, and brackets can
226 be printed in Braille.
227 Special characters like
228 \begin_inset Quotes eld
232 \begin_inset Quotes erd
236 \begin_inset Quotes eld
240 \begin_inset Quotes erd
243 , accented characters like umlauts, as well as line breaks are not supported.
251 \begin_layout Standard
252 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
256 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
259 \begin_layout Plain Layout
265 's and \SpecialChar LaTeX
267 \begin_inset Quotes eld
272 \begin_inset Quotes erd
276 \begin_inset Quotes eld
281 \begin_inset Quotes erd
285 \begin_inset Quotes eld
290 \begin_inset Quotes erd
294 \begin_inset Quotes eld
299 \begin_inset Quotes erd
302 must be inserted as \SpecialChar TeX
303 code like in the following example:
311 \begin_layout Standard
313 \begin_inset CommandInset line
324 \begin_layout Standard
329 \begin_layout Plain Layout
337 \begin_inset Newline newline
343 \begin_layout Braille (default)
347 \begin_layout Plain Layout
357 \begin_layout Standard
359 \begin_inset CommandInset line
370 \begin_layout Standard
371 Here is an overview about the different Braille environments using the example
373 \begin_inset Quotes eld
377 \begin_inset Quotes erd
383 \begin_layout Standard
384 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
398 \begin_layout Braille (default)
402 \begin_layout Standard
411 - size that approximately matches the document's text size:
414 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
418 \begin_layout Standard
419 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
430 - tiny dots can be displayed at empty positions:
433 \begin_layout Braille (dots on)
437 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
441 \begin_layout Standard
442 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
445 Text can be printed mirror-inverted for embossing the Braille by hand with
446 a needle or another suitable device:
449 \begin_layout Standard
453 \begin_layout Braille (default)
457 \begin_layout Standard
469 \begin_layout Braille (mirror on)
473 \begin_layout Braille (default)
477 \begin_layout Braille (mirror off)
481 \begin_layout Standard
482 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
485 Braille characters can alternatively be created by writing a number to a
487 A Braille box is inserted with the menu
489 Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
497 Every number in this box turns on the corresponding Braille dot.
498 For example, the number
503 \begin_inset Newline newline
507 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
510 \begin_layout Plain Layout
519 \begin_layout Standard
520 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
523 Computer Braille that uses 8
524 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
527 dots can be turned on with the command
534 But the two extra dots are only printed when using a Braille box.
535 For example, the number
539 in a Braille box results in:
540 \begin_inset Newline newline
547 \begin_layout Plain Layout
557 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
560 \begin_layout Plain Layout
570 \begin_layout Plain Layout
574 brailleeightdotsfalse
582 \begin_layout Standard
583 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
586 The size of the default Braille font can be changed by the length
593 Its default value is 2.4
594 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
599 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
603 \begin_inset space \space{}
606 double-sized Braille use this command in \SpecialChar TeX
607 code in your document:
610 \begin_layout Standard
618 \begin_inset Newline newline
634 \begin_layout Standard
635 Double-sized Braille:
639 \begin_layout Plain Layout
648 \begin_layout Plain Layout
664 \begin_layout Braille (default)
668 \begin_layout Standard
672 \begin_layout Plain Layout
681 \begin_layout Plain Layout
697 \begin_layout Standard
698 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
701 For more informations about the Braille cell dimensions have a look at
702 \begin_inset Newline newline
706 \begin_inset CommandInset href
708 name "http://www.tiresias.org/research/reports/braille_cell.htm"
709 target "http://www.tiresias.org/research/reports/braille_cell.htm"