I'm creating 3D printed Braille business card software, and I have a question about "computer Braille" as discussed in this document by Humanware:
https://www.humanware.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Computer-Braille-Cheat-Sheet_A11y.pdf
My understanding is that there are special ways to input Braille. For writing an email address on my business card, I imagine it would be nice to use the 1 cell computer form of the "at" symbol (@), which level 1 Braille specifies it as a 2 cell token. Also, the idea of using pin 7 to specify capitalization sounds really nice. If I use these techniques on by Braille business card, would they be understood by a person reading Braille?
(I have a Braille display, but I haven't learned how to use it yet.)
#blind #braille #computerbraille #3dprint #3dprinting #foss #fosh #freesoftware
Bo Morgan
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