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The Unicode block Braille Patterns (U+2800..U+28FF) contains all 256 possible patterns of an 8-dot braille cell, thereby including the complete 6-dot cell range. [3] In Unicode, a braille cell does not have a letter or meaning defined. For example, Unicode does not define U+2817 ⠗ BRAILLE PATTERN DOTS-1235 to be "R".
Four options can be used in this Braille cell template to produce a cell, and all are case-insensitive (A=a). {{braille cell|1234|1423|⠏|U+280F|u+280f}} → ⠏ ⠏ ⠏ ⠏ ⠏ Note that this cell definition is unrelated to any language (no "A" assigned). A braille cell is defined by naming the raised dots. In 6-dot notation there are 64 ...
The Gardner–Salinas braille codes are a proposed method of encoding mathematical and scientific notation linearly using braille cells for tactile reading by the visually impaired. The most common form of Gardner–Salinas braille is the 8-cell variety, commonly called GS8. There is also a corresponding 6-cell form called GS6. [1]
where the word premier, French for "first", can be read. Braille was based on a tactile code, now known as night writing, developed by Charles Barbier. (The name "night writing" was later given to it when it was considered as a means for soldiers to communicate silently at night and without a light source, but Barbier's writings do not use this term and suggest that it was originally designed ...
Image of a page showing both the raised braille characters, and the recessed characters on the other side of the page. Optical braille recognition is technology to capture and process images of braille characters into natural language characters. It is used to convert braille documents for people who cannot read them into text, and for ...
The Braille pattern dots-256 ( ⠲) is a 6-dot braille cell with both middle, and the bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with both upper-middle, and the lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2832, and in Braille ASCII with the number 4.
The Braille pattern dots-35 ( ⠔) is a 6-dot braille cell with the bottom left and middle right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the lower-middle left and upper-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2814, and in Braille ASCII with the number 9.
The Braille pattern dots-156 ( ⠱) is a 6-dot braille cell with the upper left, and middle and bottom right dots raised, or an 8-dot braille cell with the upper left, and upper-middle and lower-middle right dots raised. It is represented by the Unicode code point U+2831, and in Braille ASCII with a colon: ":".