Computer Braille Code: Difference between revisions

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2) The '''Braille Computer Notation''' as defined by the [[Braille Authority of the United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Braille Computer Notation|date=2006|publisher=Braille Authority of the United Kingdom (Computer Committee)|url=http://www.ukaaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Braille-Computer-Notation-PDF.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801050601if_/https://www.ukaaf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Braille-Computer-Notation-PDF.pdf|archive-date=2020-08-1001|url-status=dead}}</ref> In this notation both 6- and 8-dot patterns may be used. With the 6-dot code various combinations of braille characters can represent many technical, mathematical and logical symbols. The {{braille cell|5}} {{code|dot 5}} character is used as a universal modifier. The 8-dot code is designed that its 6-dot subset is identical to the 6-dot code. The remainder are assigned by the following rules:

:* adding dot 7 subtracts 32 from the ASCII value;