On Thu, May 01, 2008 at 08:24:51PM +1000, Daniel Dalton wrote: > Also, in UEB braille shouldn't a % sign be represented as dots 4 6 then in > the next cell dots 3 6 and 5?
The Grade II braille table in BRLTTY is based on Nemeth code, which is the system used in North America. There isn't a UEB table for BRLTTY at the moment. I should also point out that I'm opposed to UEB for a number of reasons and I don't think that Australia, among other countries, should have adopted it. However, I really don't want to enter into that discussion on this mailing list. For the record, though, I find Abraham Nemeth's arguments against UEB, as set forth in a number of papers published by him, to be persuasive, and I also like the alternative system which he has recently proposed (the so-called Nemeth Uniform Braille System NUBS), which achieves many of the same aims as UEB, but with a better design that is more effective for both reading and writing. In fact, Nemeth code itself would be a better alternative in my opinion. Of course, if someone wants to write a UEB table for BRLTTY, by all means go ahead. _______________________________________________ This message was sent via the BRLTTY mailing list. To post a message, send an e-mail to: BRLTTY@mielke.cc For general information, go to: http://mielke.cc/mailman/listinfo/brltty
