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40 \pdf_title "How to write Braille with LyX"
41 \pdf_author "Uwe Stöhr"
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97 How to write Braille with \SpecialChar LyX
105 \begin_layout Standard
106 First a general note: The Braille you can create with \SpecialChar LaTeX
108 Braille can have 6 or 8
109 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
112 dots, while \SpecialChar LaTeX
113 (and therefore \SpecialChar LyX
114 ) only supports only 6
115 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
118 dot Braille without accented characters.
121 \begin_layout Standard
122 To write Braille with \SpecialChar LyX
127 in the document settings under
132 Now select the environment
148 from \SpecialChar LyX
149 's environment selection box and write your text.
150 The other Braille environments are only turn on/off some properties as
151 described below; keep them empty!
154 \begin_layout Standard
156 \begin_inset Newline newline
160 \begin_inset CommandInset line
171 \begin_layout Standard
173 \begin_inset Newline newline
176 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
179 \begin_layout Standard
180 with Braille letters:
183 \begin_layout Braille (default)
184 This is an example sentence written in Braille.
187 \begin_layout Standard
189 \begin_inset CommandInset line
200 \begin_layout Standard
201 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
204 You can see that \SpecialChar LaTeX
205 is not able to hyphenate words written in Braille; you
206 have to do this manually.
209 \begin_layout Standard
210 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
214 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
217 \begin_layout Plain Layout
222 Only Latin letters, numbers, punctuations, parentheses, and brackets can
223 be printed in Braille.
224 Special characters like
225 \begin_inset Quotes eld
229 \begin_inset Quotes erd
233 \begin_inset Quotes eld
237 \begin_inset Quotes erd
240 , accented characters like umlauts, as well as line breaks are not supported.
248 \begin_layout Standard
249 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
253 \begin_inset Note Greyedout
256 \begin_layout Plain Layout
262 's and \SpecialChar LaTeX
264 \begin_inset Quotes eld
269 \begin_inset Quotes erd
273 \begin_inset Quotes eld
278 \begin_inset Quotes erd
282 \begin_inset Quotes eld
287 \begin_inset Quotes erd
291 \begin_inset Quotes eld
296 \begin_inset Quotes erd
299 must be inserted as \SpecialChar TeX
300 code like in the following example:
308 \begin_layout Standard
310 \begin_inset CommandInset line
321 \begin_layout Standard
326 \begin_layout Plain Layout
334 \begin_inset Newline newline
340 \begin_layout Braille (default)
344 \begin_layout Plain Layout
354 \begin_layout Standard
356 \begin_inset CommandInset line
367 \begin_layout Standard
368 Here is an overview about the different Braille environments using the example
370 \begin_inset Quotes eld
374 \begin_inset Quotes erd
380 \begin_layout Standard
381 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
395 \begin_layout Braille (default)
399 \begin_layout Standard
408 - size that approximately matches the document's text size:
411 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
415 \begin_layout Standard
416 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
427 - tiny dots can be displayed at empty positions:
430 \begin_layout Braille (dots on)
434 \begin_layout Braille (textsize)
438 \begin_layout Standard
439 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
442 Text can be printed mirror-inverted for embossing the Braille by hand with
443 a needle or another suitable device:
446 \begin_layout Standard
450 \begin_layout Braille (default)
454 \begin_layout Standard
466 \begin_layout Braille (mirror on)
470 \begin_layout Braille (default)
474 \begin_layout Braille (mirror off)
478 \begin_layout Standard
479 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
482 Braille characters can alternatively be created by writing a number to a
484 A Braille box is inserted with the menu
486 Insert\SpecialChar menuseparator
494 Every number in this box turns on the corresponding Braille dot.
495 For example, the number
500 \begin_inset Newline newline
504 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
507 \begin_layout Plain Layout
516 \begin_layout Standard
517 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
520 Computer Braille that uses 8
521 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
524 dots can be turned on with the command
531 But the two extra dots are only printed when using a Braille box.
532 For example, the number
536 in a Braille box results in:
537 \begin_inset Newline newline
544 \begin_layout Plain Layout
554 \begin_inset Flex Braillebox
557 \begin_layout Plain Layout
567 \begin_layout Plain Layout
571 brailleeightdotsfalse
579 \begin_layout Standard
580 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
583 The size of the default Braille font can be changed by the length
590 Its default value is 2.4
591 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
596 \begin_inset space \thinspace{}
600 \begin_inset space \space{}
603 double-sized Braille use this command in \SpecialChar TeX
604 code in your document:
607 \begin_layout Standard
615 \begin_inset Newline newline
631 \begin_layout Standard
632 Double-sized Braille:
636 \begin_layout Plain Layout
645 \begin_layout Plain Layout
661 \begin_layout Braille (default)
665 \begin_layout Standard
669 \begin_layout Plain Layout
678 \begin_layout Plain Layout
694 \begin_layout Standard
695 \begin_inset VSpace bigskip
698 For more informations about the Braille cell dimensions have a look at
699 \begin_inset Newline newline
703 \begin_inset CommandInset href
705 name "http://www.tiresias.org/research/reports/braille_cell.htm"
706 target "http://www.tiresias.org/research/reports/braille_cell.htm"