[Athen] Questions about Braille font - Viewplus 100

[Gaeir Dietrich]

I don't think I understand the question. If you are doing direct-key ASCII
braille (as opposed to translating), you should get the same results in any
braille font. In a braille font, for example, the Nemeth minus sign (dots
3-6) should be the hyphen on the keyboard. In Nemeth the keyboard numbers
should give you the dropped numbers. If you want the literary numbers, you
need to use the letters a to j. You will need to add the number sign, in
either case, which is actually the print # (shift +3) in ASCII braille. (I
have attached the ASCII map for braille fonts.)

If you haven't already sorted out the issue, please feel free to contact me
off-list. 

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Gaeir (rhymes with "fire") Dietrich
HTCTU Director
408-996-6047

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From: athen-list [mailto:athen-list-bounces at mailman13.u.washington.edu] On
Behalf Of Susan Kelmer
Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2016 9:30 AM
To: dsshe-l at listserv.buffalo.edu; Access Technology Higher Education Network
Subject: [Athen] Questions about Braille font - Viewplus 100

 

We have run into a problem.  We got new computers this summer, and when the
drivers were reinstalled for our Tiger (Viewplus 100), it gives us a font
error.  We replaced with a different font that had the same name (from the
list - we are using Adobe Illustrator).  But it's not really printing the
Braille properly.  It isn't marking numbers as numbers, and won't print a
negative sign.

 

Anyone run into this and might know what we should be checking to fix it?

 

Susan Kelmer

Alternate Format Access Coordinator

Disability Services

University of Colorado Boulder

303-735-4836

 

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