Marco Cimarosti wrote:

>
> > > iii) Other systems of written communication used by the blind?
> >
> > Yes, including perhaps indigenous systems that do not have the
> > prestige and perhaps other qualities of the dominant braille system
> > (s).
>
> The nice thing abut braille is that supporting a new convention for a
> certain language does not require any change to the "hardware" used to
> emboss and read braille. So, supporting minority language is relatively
> echonomic: it is just a matter of traing blind readers and sighted operators
> about the new conventions.
>
> E.g., you don't need to produce new fonts or keyboards. A braille keyboard
> has only six keys, corresponding to the six dots, plus a button to emboss
> that combination and advance one position. The typer uses his first three
> fingers in both hands to form a combination, then hits the "emboss" key with
> her thumb. So the same keyboard fits the whole world.

Though your use of pronouns conjures up some enjoyable pictures ...
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...