Jeff:
Adding on to Ana's response, though I don't use 8-dot braille regularly myself, its biggest advantage is that the added dots gives the reader extra information about the word such as attributes, fonts, and whether or not and which letters of the word are capitalized. If you use computer braille with the speech turned off, in most cases you would not have access to this information without the use of 8-dot braille.
--
Ted Chittenden

Every story has at least two sides if not more.
---- Ana G <[log in to unmask]> wrote: 
Jeff,

People would use 8-dot braille if they want to use computer braile. I've 
heard some people say they like it for certain things though I can't 
remember what.

Also, on some note takers, you need to use computer braille to input 
special symbols, like the at sign and period in email addresses; 
slashes, back slashes, and captial letters in URLs; accented characters 
in foreign words and phrases; and math signs. This is true even if you 
are outputting in literary or six-dot braille.

Ciao

On 12/1/2015 4:07 PM, Jeff kenyon wrote:

> I just made a discovery on the Braille Sense that I had some how turned 8 dot mode on. I turned it off, and for my uses I really don't have any reason to use 8 dot, but what have other people used 8 dot for?
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