APPENDIX 1 BRAILLE SYMBOLS AND INDICATORS

1 APPENDIX 1 Page 1 APPENDIX 1 BRAILLE SYMBOLS AND INDICATORS BRAILLE Characters Letters Numbers Contractions INDICATORS Punctuation and SYMBOLS Within each group, the BRAILLE signs are listed in alphabetic order by name. Each BRAILLE sign is listed under all possible names. In the last three groups, references to The Rules of Unified English BRAILLE appear in the right-hand column. BRAILLE Characters [ ] Line 1: a b c d e f g h i j Line 2: k l m n o p q r s t Line 3: u v x y z & = ( ! ) Line 4: * < % ? : $ ] \ [ w Line 5: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Line 6: / + # > ' - Line 7: @ ^ _ " . ; , Page 2 APPENDIX 1 Letters, Numbers Letters [ ] a a h h o o v v b b i i p p w w c c j j q q x x d d k k r r y y e e l l s s z z f f m m t t g g n n u u Numbers [6] 1 #a 9 #i 2 #b 0 #j 3 #c 10 #aj 4 #d 1,000 #a1jjj 5 #e 100 000 #ajj"jjj 6 #f #c4ad 7 #g #a/b 8 #h Contractions APPENDIX 1 Page 3 Contractions [10] about ab above abv according ac across acr after af afternoon afn afterward afw again ag against ag/ almost alm already alr also al although al?

2 Altogether alt always alw ance .e and & ar > as z bb 2 be 2 , because 2c before 2f behind 2h below 2l beneath 2n beside 2s between 2t beyond 2y blind bl BRAILLE brl but b can c cannot _c cc 3 ch * character "* child * children *n con 3 conceive 3cv conceiving 3cvg could cd Page 4 APPENDIX 1 Contractions day "d declare dcl declaring dclg deceive dcv deceiving dcvg dis 4 do d ea 1 ed $ either ei en 5 ence ;e enough 5 er ] ever "e every e father "f ff 6 first f/ for = friend fr from f ful ;l gg 7 gh < go g good gd great grt had _h have h here "h herself h]f him hm himself hmf his 8 immediate imm in 9 , ing + it x its xs itself xf ity.

3 Y just j know "k knowledge k less .s letter lr like l little ll lord "l Contractions APPENDIX 1 Page 5 many _m ment ;t more m mother "m much m* must m/ myself myf name "n necessary nec neither nei ness ;s not n of ( one "o oneself "of ong ;g ou \ ound .d ount .t ought "\ ourselves \rvs out \ ow [ paid pd part "p people p perceive p]cv perceiving p]cvg perhaps p]h question "q quick qk quite q rather r receive rcv receiving rcvg rejoice rjc rejoicing rjcg right "r said sd sh % shall % should %d sion .n so s some "s spirit _s st / still / such s* th ? Page 6 APPENDIX 1 Contractions that t the ! their _! themselves !mvs there "! these ^!)

4 This ? those ^? through "? thyself ?yf time "t tion ;n today td together tgr tomorrow tm tonight tn under "u upon ^u us u very v was 0 were 7 wh : where ": which : whose ^: will w with ) word ^w work "w world _w would wd you y young "y your yr yourself yrf yourselves yrvs INDICATORS APPENDIX 1 Page 7 INDICATORS boldface passage ^7 9 boldface symbol ^2 9 boldface terminator ^' 9 boldface word ^1 9 capitalized letter , capitalized passage ,,, capitalized word ,, capitals terminator ,' dot locator for mention .= first transcriber-defined typeform passage @#7 9 first transcriber-defined typeform symbol @#2 9 first transcriber-defined typeform terminator @#' 9 first transcriber-defined typeform word @#1 9 grade 1 passage ;;; grade 1 symbol ; grade 1 terminator ;' grade 1 word ;; horizontal line mode "3 italic passage.

5 7 9 italic symbol .2 9 italic terminator .' 9 italic word .1 9 Page 8 APPENDIX 1 INDICATORS level change down (subscript) 5 level change up (superscript) 9 line continuation " line continuation with space "" line mode, horizontal "3 numeric # 6 script passage @7 9 script symbol @2 9 script terminator @' 9 script word @1 9 subscript (level change down) 5 superscript (level change up) 9 transcriber-defined typeform passage, first @#7 9 transcriber-defined typeform symbol, first @#2 9 transcriber-defined typeform terminator, first @#' 9 transcriber-defined typeform word, first @#1 9 transcriber's note, opening transcriber's note, closing underlined passage _7 9 underlined symbol _2 9 underlined terminator _' 9 underlined word _1 9 Punctuation and SYMBOLS APPENDIX 1 Page 9 Punctuation and SYMBOLS acute ^/ ampersand & @& angle bracket, opening < @< 7 angle bracket, closing > @> 7 apostrophe ' ' 7 asterisk * "9 at sign @ @a backslash \ _* 7 brace (curly bracket), opening { _< 7 brace (curly bracket)}

6 , closing } _> 7 bracket, angle, opening < @< 7 bracket, angle, closing > @> 7 bracket, curly, opening { _< 7 bracket, curly, closing } _> 7 bracket, round, opening ( "< 7 bracket, round, closing ) "> 7 bracket, square, opening [ .< 7 bracket, square, closing ] .> 7 British pound @l bullet _4 cedilla ^& cent @c Page 10 APPENDIX 1 Punctuation and SYMBOLS circle above ^$ circumflex ^% colon : 3 7 comma , 1 7 commercial at @ @a copyright ^c crosshatch # _? curly bracket, opening { _< 7 curly bracket, closing } _> 7 dagger @,? dagger, double @,] dash ,- dash, long ",- dash, swung ~ @9 decimal point . 4 6 degree ^j diaeresis ^3 ditto "1 division "/ dollar $ @s dot . 4 7 double dagger @,] double prime 77 , double quotation mark, opening ^8 double quotation mark, closing ^0 Punctuation and SYMBOLS APPENDIX 1 Page 11 ellipsis.

7 444 equals = "7 euro @e exclamation mark ! 6 7 exclamation mark, inverted ^;6 feet ' ' feet (prime) 7 female ^x forward slash / _/ fraction line, simple numeric / 6 franc @f full stop . 4 7 grave ^* greater than > @> hash # _? horizontal line segment 3 hyphen - - inches " ,7 inches (double prime) 77 inverted exclamation mark ^;6 inverted question mark ^;8 less than < @< line segment, horizontal 3 line, vertical | _\ long dash ",- Page 12 APPENDIX 1 Punctuation and SYMBOLS low line _ .- male ^y Mars ^y minus "- minutes ' ' minutes (prime) 7 multiplication "8 naira @n nonspecific quotation mark, opening 8 nonspecific quotation mark, closing 0 number # _?

8 Numeric fraction line, simple / 6 numeric space 10 000 " oblique / _/ one-cell quotation mark, opening 8 one-cell quotation mark, closing 0 paragraph ^p parenthesis, opening ( "< 7 parenthesis, closing ) "> 7 percent % .0 period . 4 7 plus + "6 pound # _? pound, British @l prime 7 , Punctuation and SYMBOLS APPENDIX 1 Page 13 prime, double 77 , question mark ? 8 question mark, inverted ^;8 quotation mark, double, opening ^8 quotation mark, double, closing ^0 quotation mark, nonspecific, opening 8 quotation mark, nonspecific, closing 0 quotation mark, single, opening ,8 quotation mark, single, closing ,0 registered trademark ^r reverse solidus \ _* 7 round bracket, opening ( "< 7 round bracket, closing ) "> 7 seconds " ,7 seconds (double prime) 77 section ^s semicolon ; 2 7 simple numeric fraction line / 6 single quotation mark, opening ,8 single quotation mark, closing ,0 slash / _/ solidus / _/ solidus, reverse \ _* 7 space space, numeric 10 000 " Page 14 APPENDIX 1 Punctuation and SYMBOLS square bracket, opening [.]

9 < 7 square bracket, closing ] .> 7 star * "9 swung dash ~ @9 tilde ~ @9 tilde above ^] times "8 trademark ^t trademark, registered ^r umlaut ^3 underscore _ .- Venus ^x vertical line | _\ yen @y yuan @y