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[edit]Question about braille text for Tennessee School for the Blind
[edit]Tennessee School for the Blind has some braille at the banner of the top https://www.tsbtigers.org/
I'm trying to see if it's supposed to be the school's full name in braille
Thanks WhisperToMe (talk) 14:25, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- Judging by what I could get with the help of English Braille seems pretty much it (Tennessee school for the blind), there are still some detailes that I couldn't fully figure out (The start/end, the way tennessee is spelled, what follows bl). Personuser (talk) 15:12, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- Some of the first three dots may be a caps or all-caps sign. Here's my attempt at the rest: "t","en", letter sign ("en" doesn't stand for "enough"),"s","e","e",space,"s","ch","o","o","l",space,"for",space,"the",space,"b","l" ("bl" is a shorthand for "blind"),termination sign. Personuser (talk) 15:55, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- Represented in the Latin alphabet it says "TENNESSEE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND", in all-caps. The triple capital letter sign ⠠ with which it begins means the whole thing is all-caps (see English Braille § Unified English Braille, point 3). The combination ⟨⠰⠎⟩ is the "ness" of "Tennessee" (see English Braille § Final abbreviations). Although not explained in our article, ⟨bl⟩ is a common English Braille abbreviation for "blind". The last two cells ⟨⠠⠄⟩ are the termination sign (see English Braille § Punctuation marks). --Lambiam 16:19, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Personuser: @Lambiam: Thank you! I'm trying to get the Unicode text for it but the generators arent giving me all of the right characters. What is the unicode? WhisperToMe (talk) 16:30, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- ⠠⠠⠠⠞⠢⠰⠎⠑⠑⠀⠎⠡⠕⠕⠇⠀⠿⠀⠮⠀⠃⠇⠠⠄ should do, probably someone more familiar with Braille should check this and how useful it can be on flat screens is debatable. Personuser (talk) 17:37, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- Thank you! I added it to the article WhisperToMe (talk) 18:01, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- ⠠⠠⠠⠞⠢⠰⠎⠑⠑⠀⠎⠡⠕⠕⠇⠀⠿⠀⠮⠀⠃⠇⠠⠄ should do, probably someone more familiar with Braille should check this and how useful it can be on flat screens is debatable. Personuser (talk) 17:37, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- @Personuser: @Lambiam: Thank you! I'm trying to get the Unicode text for it but the generators arent giving me all of the right characters. What is the unicode? WhisperToMe (talk) 16:30, 1 July 2021 (UTC)
- Represented in the Latin alphabet it says "TENNESSEE SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND", in all-caps. The triple capital letter sign ⠠ with which it begins means the whole thing is all-caps (see English Braille § Unified English Braille, point 3). The combination ⟨⠰⠎⟩ is the "ness" of "Tennessee" (see English Braille § Final abbreviations). Although not explained in our article, ⟨bl⟩ is a common English Braille abbreviation for "blind". The last two cells ⟨⠠⠄⟩ are the termination sign (see English Braille § Punctuation marks). --Lambiam 16:19, 1 July 2021 (UTC)