Hi, Bob,

I don't use a Braille'nSpeak, I use a BrailleNote and I've never used Fred 
Gissoni's program.

Sounds like what you need is a good back-translation program.  Call signs 
are tricky to back-translate because of the mixed letters and numbers.

One way to write a call sign would be dot 6 w dots 3,4,5,6 dots 1,4 dots 5,6 
dot 6 dot 6 dots 1,2,3,5 dots 1,4 dots 2,4,5.  Write the braille all close 
up.  It would look like this in braille: ,,w#c;,,rcj My call sign would be 
brailled, ,,kf#f;,,ca You could braille all of the minutes in grade 2 but 
write the call signs in grade 1, just like I showed you.  If your net 
control sheet doesn't need to be seen by  sighted people, you could omit the 
capital signs to save time.

Another option is to use a PC.  Then you could just type everything and not 
have to worry about back-translation.  If you have a braille display, you 
could plug it into the PC and read everything in braille.  If you don't, 
WindowEyes has an alfanumeric feature so call signs are spoken letter by 
letter.  I suppose the shark must, too.

I hope this helps.

Terri Amateur Radio call sign KF6CA.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Martin" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 8:14 AM
Subject: For Terri Pannett and Anyone Good With Grade II Braille and 
Braille'N'Speak


> Hi, Terri:
>
> Thanks for your help with my call sign last Spring.  I use the Braille, as
> you wrote it, when I write a QSL card.  Now I have a different need 
> growing
> out of my need to serve as recording secretary for our amateur group.  I 
> use
> the Braille'N/Speak and Fred Gissoni's "Ham Calls" program when doing my
> tern as Net Control and it works fine as it understands the combination of
> letters and numerals.  I can not, however use that program for mixed text 
> as
> when writing minutes unless I write everything out in Grade One Braille.
> Back in 1939, that is what one did in first grade.  Later, we learned what
> they called Grade 1-1/2, and finally in about 4th grade, Grade Two 
> Braille.
> Excuse the history lesson.
>
> I tried every other possible combination with mixed text using Fred's
> program and both Grade One and Grade Two, and nothing comes out totally
> readable.  Have you a solution?
>
> If you have Braille'N'Speak, please write the following for me:
>
> Tom, W3RCJ reported that the old Rib Cage antenna is in need of repair or
> replacembet.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> EchoLink Node - 55127
> Please visit http://www.wan-leatonks.net.
>
>
> __________ NOD32 2544 (20070921) Information __________
>
> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system.
> http://www.eset.com
>
>