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Spanish Braille is the braille alphabet of Spanish and Galician. It is very close to French Braille , with the addition of a letter for ñ , slight modification of the accented letters and some differences in punctuation.
The only real variations are that Spanish has additional braille cells to represent seven commonly occurring accented letters – á, é, í, ó, ú, ü and ñ – and also some punctuation symbols are different. In either language, a young blind student typically learns this basic, uncontracted code first.
The only real variations are that Spanish has additional braille cells to represent seven commonly occurring accented letters - á, é, í, ó, ú, ü and ñ – and also some punctuation symbols are different. In either language, a young blind student typically learns this basic, uncontracted code first.
There are also symbols for the marks of punctuation used in Spanish. Marks of punctuation for most Spanish documents in North America use punctuation from Unified English Braille. That includes ¡ and ¿ which are the “inverted” (or “upside-down”) exclamation point and question mark.
If you select an uncontracted version of a braille code for a language with a Latin alphabet, it should be very similar to uncontracted Unified English Braille. Spanish, for example, has the same dot configurations for all letters of the alphabet as well as most punctuation.
Braille Code Method 4 uses the full braille code of a specific country. This method requires the transcriber to be fluent in the specific language and to know the braille code for that language. UEB code switch indicators (non-UEB indicators) should normally be used where foreign text is mixed with English text in UEB.
By implementing contractions, it takes less time to do both. Grade 2 braille is the most commonly used form of braille code and is found in books, public signage, and restaurant menus to name a few. It consists of the 26 standard letters of the alphabet, punctuation, and contractions. Grade 3 Braille.
