let's dots 2, 5 if that helps. on a computer, you get that by typing the number 3. On Apr 18, 2009, at 9:38 AM, Jennison Mark Asuncion wrote: Hello, Sorry for the off-topic note - when writing 13:13 in braille, how do you write the colon? I'm doing this by han not using software. I'm wanting to use the ar contraction but I'm unsure if that's correct. Thanks for any help. Jennison Jennison Asuncion Co-Director, Adaptech Research Network http://www.adaptech.org LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/jennison