#LyX 1.6.0 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 345 \begin_document \begin_header \textclass article \begin_preamble % color greyed-out notes blue \renewenvironment{lyxgreyedout} {\textcolor{blue}\bgroup}{\egroup} \end_preamble \use_default_options false \begin_modules braille \end_modules \language english \inputencoding utf8 \font_roman default \font_sans default \font_typewriter default \font_default_family default \font_sc false \font_osf false \font_sf_scale 100 \font_tt_scale 100 \graphics default \paperfontsize default \spacing single \use_hyperref true \pdf_title "How to write Braille with LyX" \pdf_author "Uwe Stöhr" \pdf_bookmarks false \pdf_bookmarksnumbered false \pdf_bookmarksopen false \pdf_bookmarksopenlevel 1 \pdf_breaklinks false \pdf_pdfborder false \pdf_colorlinks true \pdf_backref false \pdf_pdfusetitle false \papersize default \use_geometry true \use_amsmath 1 \use_esint 1 \cite_engine basic \use_bibtopic false \paperorientation portrait \leftmargin 2.5cm \rightmargin 2.5cm \secnumdepth 3 \tocdepth 3 \paragraph_separation skip \defskip medskip \quotes_language english \papercolumns 1 \papersides 1 \paperpagestyle default \tracking_changes false \output_changes false \author "" \author "" \end_header \begin_body \begin_layout Title How to write Braille with LyX \end_layout \begin_layout Author Uwe Stöhr \begin_inset Newline newline \end_inset \begin_inset CommandInset href LatexCommand href target "uwestoehr@web.de" type "mailto:" \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Standard First a general note: The Braille you can create with LaTeX is not a professiona l one! Professional Braille can be 6 or 8 \begin_inset space \thinspace{} \end_inset dot, while LaTeX only supports only 6 \begin_inset space \thinspace{} \end_inset dot Braille without accented characters. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard To write Braille with LyX, load the module \family sans Braille \family default in the document settings under \family sans Document \begin_inset space ~ \end_inset Class \family default . Now select the environment \family sans Braille \begin_inset space ~ \end_inset (default) \family default or \family sans Braille \begin_inset space ~ \end_inset (textsize) \family default from the end of LyX's environment selection box and write your text. The other Braille environments are only turn on/off some properties as described below; keep them empty! \end_layout \begin_layout Standard Here is an example: \lyxline \end_layout \begin_layout Standard with Latin letters: \begin_inset Newline newline \end_inset This is an example sentence written in Braille. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard with Braille letters: \end_layout \begin_layout Braille (default) This is an example sentence written in Braille. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \lyxline \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset VSpace bigskip \end_inset You can see that LaTeX is not able to hyphenate words written in Braille. You have to do this manually. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset VSpace bigskip \end_inset \begin_inset Note Greyedout status open \begin_layout Plain Layout \series bold Note: \series default Only Latin letters, numbers, punctuations, parentheses, and brackets can be printed in Braille. Special characters like \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset @ \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset , or \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset $ \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset , accented characters like umlauts, and line breaks are not supported. \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset VSpace bigskip \end_inset \begin_inset Note Greyedout status open \begin_layout Plain Layout \series bold Note: \series default LyX and LaTeX's proper names \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset LaTeX \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset , \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset LaTeX2e \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset , \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset TeX \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset , and \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset LyX \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset must be inserted as ERT, as in the following example: \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \lyxline \end_layout \begin_layout Standard Latin: \begin_inset ERT status collapsed \begin_layout Plain Layout LyX \end_layout \end_inset is cool! \begin_inset Newline newline \end_inset Braille: \end_layout \begin_layout Braille (default) \begin_inset ERT status collapsed \begin_layout Plain Layout LyX \end_layout \end_inset is cool! \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \lyxline \end_layout \begin_layout Standard Here is an overview about the different Braille environments using the example text \begin_inset Quotes eld \end_inset This is Braille. \begin_inset Quotes erd \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset VSpace bigskip \end_inset Default: \end_layout \begin_layout Braille (default) This is Braille. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard Size that approximately matches the document's text size: \end_layout \begin_layout Braille (textsize) This is Braille. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset VSpace bigskip \end_inset Tiny dots can be displayed at empty positions: \end_layout \begin_layout Braille (dots on) \end_layout \begin_layout Braille (textsize) This is Braille. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset VSpace bigskip \end_inset The text can be printed mirrored to be later able to for "print" Braille by hand with a needle or another suitable method: \end_layout \begin_layout Standard Normal: \end_layout \begin_layout Braille (default) This is Braille. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard Mirrored: \end_layout \begin_layout Braille (mirror on) \end_layout \begin_layout Braille (default) This is Braille. \end_layout \begin_layout Braille (mirror off) \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset VSpace bigskip \end_inset Braille characters can alternatively be created by writing a number to a Braille box. A Braille box is inserted with the menu \family sans Insert\SpecialChar \menuseparator Custom \begin_inset space ~ \end_inset insets \family default . Every number that is in this box, turns on the corresponding Braille dot, for example the number \series bold 6145 \series default box leads to: \begin_inset Newline newline \end_inset \begin_inset Flex Braillebox status open \begin_layout Plain Layout 6145 \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset VSpace bigskip \end_inset Computer Braille that uses 8 \begin_inset space \thinspace{} \end_inset dots can be turned on with the command \series bold \backslash brailleeightdotstrue \series default . But the two extra dots are only used when using a Braille box. For example the number \series bold 8175 \series default in a Braille box leads to: \begin_inset Newline newline \end_inset \begin_inset ERT status collapsed \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash brailleeightdotstrue \end_layout \end_inset \begin_inset Flex Braillebox status open \begin_layout Plain Layout 8175 \end_layout \end_inset \begin_inset ERT status collapsed \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash brailleeightdotsfalse \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset VSpace bigskip \end_inset The size of the default Braille font can be changed by the length \series bold \backslash brailleunit \series default . Its default value is 2.4 \begin_inset space \thinspace{} \end_inset mm. To get e. \begin_inset space \thinspace{} \end_inset g. \begin_inset space \space{} \end_inset double-sized Braille where also the tiny dots have the double size, use this command in TeX code in your document: \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \series bold \backslash renewcommand{ \backslash braillenormal}[1] \begin_inset Newline newline \end_inset \begin_inset space ~ \end_inset { \backslash setlength{ \backslash brailleunit}{4.8mm} \backslash braille{#1}} \end_layout \begin_layout Standard Double-sized Braille: \begin_inset ERT status collapsed \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash renewcommand{ \backslash braillenormal}[1] \end_layout \begin_layout Plain Layout { \backslash setlength{ \backslash brailleunit}{4mm} \backslash braille{#1}} \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Braille (default) This is Braille. \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset ERT status collapsed \begin_layout Plain Layout \backslash renewcommand{ \backslash braillenormal}[1] \end_layout \begin_layout Plain Layout { \backslash setlength{ \backslash brailleunit}{2mm} \backslash braille{#1}} \end_layout \end_inset \end_layout \begin_layout Standard \begin_inset VSpace bigskip \end_inset For more informations about the Braille cell dimensions have a look at \begin_inset CommandInset href LatexCommand href name "Braille cell dimensions" target "http://www.tiresias.org/research/reports/braille_cell.htm" \end_inset . \end_layout \end_body \end_document