Re: Braille translating tables wish for VoiceOver

2015-06-10 Thread E.T.
Are there any indications that either or both HIMS and Apple plan to remove the older braille tables at some point? I have not started learning UEB but am prepared to do so soon. From E.T.'s Keyboard... ancient.ali...@icloud.com Many believe that we have been visited in the past. What if

Re: Braille translating tables wish for VoiceOver

2015-06-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
Actually, I think the current Grade 2 table could handle italics because you start it (unless we are talking about UEB), two italics dots 46 to start and then just dots 46 to end. Doesn’t sound too hard to do. Right now if type dots 46 VoiceOver says underline. Underlining could be done too in t

Re: Braille translating tables wish for VoiceOver

2015-06-10 Thread Devin Prater
I agree. I'd love to have italicized text show up formatted as such, and not merely put in its own element. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 10, 2015, at 12:44 PM, Eugenia Firth wrote: > > Hi guys > As a proofreader who has been forced to study UEB lately, I would first like > to say that UEB is

Braille translating tables wish for VoiceOver

2015-06-10 Thread Eugenia Firth
Hi guys As a proofreader who has been forced to study UEB lately, I would first like to say that UEB is easier to read than to write; in fact, in my no-so-humble opinion, it’s a real pain to write for those of us who have been using braille since the earth was young. I suggested this to HIMS an