[BRLTTY] Grade 2 Braille Editing on display device

[Siju Samuel]

Hi Dave,


are you writing your own software and
wanting to get some advice on what you should have it do?

Yes,  we are writing our own application which will handle screen reading.
So I would like to a get a direction on what is common way the users
expects  or if there is any standard/practice.

Thanks,
Siju Samuel






On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Dave Mielke <dave at mielke.cc> wrote:

> [quoted lines by Siju Samuel on 2014/03/17 at 12:01 -0500]
>
> >I have general clarification on grade2 braille (editing).
> >
> >When using grade2 braille, how the system should behave when editing a
> >'contracted word' using the display device? Note that, the corresponding
> >English letters are shown on the screen .
> >
> >For example,   "according"   is translated to "ac".  Now on the device, if
> >the 'cursor' is pressed on top the dot-cell corresponding to   "c" and
> >press delete what is the behavior  general user is expected.  Assume
> >'according' is a part of the sentence.
> >
> >Noticed the flowing  behavior,  but would like to know what is the
> >suggested way.
> >
> >1. In IOS7, when the cursor is pressed at 'c', the word 'according' will
> >expand to 'grade1  6 dots' braille .  And backspace (which is DOT7)
> > deletes just a letter. So  computer screen  will show "accordin".
> >
> >2. In JAWS,  if we press cursor on 'c', it will remain as 'ac' in the
> >device.  And deleting 'c' will delete just 'c' and on screen 'a' is
> >displayed.
> >
> >3. Liblouis has the option to expand to DOT-8 (computer braille) at cursor
> >position.  So the word at the cursor changes to 'DOT 8  braillle'.  But
> >here it is not sure how the user expected input any number or capital
> >letter, whether is DOT8 braille or not?    When using grade2,  for editing
> >using DOt-8-computer braille  is it a common practice?
>
> Are you asking about what brltty does, or are you writing your own
> software and
> wanting to get some advice on what you should have it do?
>
> Brltty does one of two things. It has a preference setting for "Expand
> Current
> Word". if set to Yes, the word where the cursor is is shown in uncontracted
> six-dot braille. If set to No, the cursor can only go onto the first cell
> of a
> contraction. So, in your "according" example, pressing the cursor routing
> key
> above the "c" will route the cursor to the "a".
>
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