German Braille Translator  

FUNCTIONAL SUMMARY

The German tables support print-to-braille translation of German-language literary text into fully contracted braille ("Kurzschrift"), elementary contracted braille ("Vollschrift"), or uncontracted braille ("Basisschrift").

In braille-to-print translation, only the eight "Vollschrift" contractions are supported. For that reason, braille-to-print translation of grade 2 German (including the "translated line" when viewing grade 2 German braille) is not generally useful.

REFERENCES, HISTORY AND CREDITS

These tables were developed by Duxbury Systems, Inc. starting in January 2005, based upon the earlier tables for uncontracted German and the information regarding contractions in "German Grade 2" by Vivian Aldridge, Basel, Switzerland (May 2002), translated and edited by J. A. Iriogbe, and other helpful information from Mr. Iriogbe.

As of this writing (April 2005), these tables are still in the earlier stages of development and so should be regarded as "experimental" only.

(Documentation reviewed: May 2006.)

Duxbury DBT: Braille Translation in Many Languages.