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For example, ⠮ the is commonly used when the sequence of print letters the appears, not just for the word "the". That is, ⠮ the is the letter "the" in braille, as in the two-letter word ⠮ ⠝ then (the-n).
The most common of these is dot 5, which combines with the first letter of words. With the letter ⠍ m, the resulting word is ⠐ ⠍ mother. There are also ligatures ("contracted" letters), which are single letters in braille but correspond to more than one letter in print. The letter ⠯ and, for example, is used to write words with the ...
A braille translator is a software program that translates electronic text (such as an MS-Word file) into braille and sends it to a braille peripheral, such as a braille embosser (which produces a hard copy of the newly created braille). Typically, each language needs its own braille translator.
The final form of Braille's alphabet, according to Henri (1952). The decade diacritics are listed at left, and the supplementary letters are assigned to the appropriate decade at right. Characters are derived by combining the diacritic on the left with the basic letters at top. "(1)" indicates markers for musical and mathematical notation.
The additional letters of the extended French Braille alphabet, such as ⠯, are not included in the international standard. The French ⠯, for example, corresponds to print ç , whereas the ⠯ in Unified English Braille transcribes the letter sequence and , and the ⠯ in Hungarian and Albanian braille is q .
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A tactile alphabet is a system for writing material that the blind can read by touch. While currently the Braille system is the most popular and some materials have been prepared in Moon type, historically, many other tactile alphabets have existed: Systems based on embossed Roman letters: Moon type; Valentin Haüy's system (in italic style)