German Braille Input
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Sascha Cowley
Hello all,
I took ownership of my Braille display - a Braille Edge 40 - yesterday, and thus far, I've been able to work out how to do most things I want/need to do with it. However, I'm having trouble inputting German Braille. When, for example, I try to insert "ä", i get "`" instead. Braille output, however, is fine. I've had a look at the Braille Table files, and it would appear that dots345 is assigned to at least two things, and I'm assuming this is where the problem is: NVDA (or rather Liblouis) doesn't know which one I want to enter. Does anyone know where I'm going wrong, or if there is some sort of fix for this problem? Please keep in mind that I only started learning German at the start of the year, and am completely new to German Braille. Thanks in advance, Sascha
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Robert Doc Wright godfearer
You have me curious. I wonder if the Edge has a way to change languages. BTW, if you need the manual in text let me know and I will send you a link.
******If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why? then where does the learning start?***
From: Sascha Cowley via Groups.Io
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2019 10:09 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] German Braille Input
Hello all,
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Bianka Brankovic <bianka.brankovic@...>
Hi Sascha and list,
the signs fort he Umlauts differ whether you are using six-dot or 8-dot braille.
I usually don’t use braille input so would have to research the exact braille signs myself.
From your description I would guess your braille table has been set to 8-dot braille which is the normal setting for computers.
You could do two things here: try to set the braille table to six dot braille. - Input the umlauts in 8-dot braille.
Hope that helps to see things a bit clearer.
Kind regards,
Bianka
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Robert Doc Wright godfearer
Sascha, I found a site with a German braille table: https://www.pharmabraille.com/braille-codes/germany-braille-codes/
******If we can't look at ourselves, and ask, why? then where does the learning start?***
From: Sascha Cowley via Groups.Io
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2019 10:09 PM To: nvda@nvda.groups.io Subject: [nvda] German Braille Input
Hello all,
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Sascha Cowley
Hi Bianka, I set both input and output tables to "German grade 0" in the
NVDA Braille settings when experiencing the problem described. I
also experimented with grades 1 and 2, and the issues seemed to
be, if anything, worse - though that could be that I don't know
grade 1/2 German Braille at all. When set to "German 8 dot computer Braille", I am able to enter ??, ??, ?? and ?? correctly, but I would rather not use computer Braille for now for two reasons: first, a lot of the signs in German computer Braille seem to be very different to those I'm used to, coming from UEB and a little English computer Braille; and second, if/when I go to Germany, or encounter German texts in Braille, I'd like to have some experience with the Braille code under my belt.
Regards,
On 24/09/2019 19:19, Bianka Brankovic
wrote:
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Sascha Cowley
Hi Robert, I hadn't thought of that, since I didn't think the Edge's language would effect what was being sent via the terminal. I'll have a fiddle later and see if I have any luck!
Regards,
On 24/09/2019 19:08, Robert Doc Wright
godfearer wrote:
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Sascha Cowley
Okay. I had a fiddle with the Braille Edge's internal Braille settings, changing its Braille Table to German and whatnot, and it didn't make a difference.
Regards,
On 25/09/2019 06:53, Sascha Cowley
wrote:
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