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TURBO BRAILLE Another Sound Alternative For IBM Compatible Personal Computers Version 2.59 Copyright (C) 1989-1991 by KANSYS, Inc. 1016 Ohio Street Lawrence, KS 66044 Telephone: 913-843-0351 or 800-279-4880 INTRODUCTION Turbo Braille is a computer program designed to produce Grade II English Braille. This production includes translation and formatting. In addition to producing Grade II braille, Turbo Braille will produce Grade I and/or computer braille. The program should run on all IBM and compatible personal computers under MS-DOS or PC-DOS version 3.0 or later, as well as a number of non-IBM compatible MS-DOS machines, such as the Zenith Z-100, DEC Rainbow and Texas Instruments TI Professional. Not only is Turbo Braille able to run on many MS-DOS machines, but it also works well with many screen review/speech synthesizer combination. Turbo Braille requires DOS Version 3.0 or higher and 128K of free memory to run. It will work with either a floppy drive or hard disk equipped computer. While a braille printer is necessary to print hard copy braille, it is not necessary to have a braille printer to run Turbo Braille. The program should support any braille printer. You can establish up to ten printer definitions, which are available for use at any time. Instructions for installing Turbo Braille on your system can be found in the file called "READ.ME" As you learn more about Turbo Braille, you will find that it has two personalities. It can either be a simple and easy-to-use program, or it can be a complex and powerful tool, with many formatting commands available for your use. The choice is yours. In its basic mode of operation, Turbo Braille will accept as input any standard ASCII text file, any WordPerfect Version 4.2 or 5.0 file, many WordPerfect 5.1 files, or any WordStar Professional Version 4, 5, or 6.x file. Using one of these file types, Turbo Braille will produce well-formatted accurate braille. Our intention is to make Turbo Braille a program which will produce acceptable braille for personal use without a lot of user intervention. To this end, Turbo Braille will handle a number of display/formatting attributes including centering, unusual mixes of capitalization, boldfacing, italics and page numbers--both print and braille, In its basic mode of operation. An upcoming version will also handle running headers and footers automatically. Turbo Braille is unique among braille translators in its ability to use WordPerfect and WordStar files directly as input and in its ability to handle many formatting tasks automatically. Further, Turbo Braille has available a powerful set of "dot commands" which precisely control braille formatting. This manual is divided into two sections. Section One will discuss the basic operation of the program while Section Two will discuss braille formatting and the dot commands in some detail. If you have any questions, problems or suggestions, please feel free to write or call. You can reach us at 913-843-0351 or call our toll-free number, 800-279-4880. DEMONSTRATION VERSION Turbo Braille is available in a demonstration version. Although the program is fully functional, it will only produce one page of output. (Specify the page to be printed by "Jumping Pages" with the "/J" command.) However, this will allow you to see how all the commands work, experiment with the dot commands, and it will also show you how fast Turbo Braille is. SECTION ONE BASIC OPERATION QUICK START You can easily produce well-formatted braille for your day- to-day use with Turbo Braille. All you have to do is type "TBRL", a space and the name of any supported file type (that is any ASCII text file, WordPerfect, or WordStar file) at the DOS prompt and hit "Return." Turbo Braille will automatically write a translated file with the same name and a .BRL extension. Use the DOS "PRINT" command to print the file on your braille printer, or use the Slash W 1 (/W1) switch to automatically print to the PRN device. This switch must be placed between the "TBRL" and the name of the file on the command line. The default printer settings are 40 cells per line, 25 lines per page, with formfeeds, no page offset, and continuous paper. That is all there is to using Turbo Braille in its most basic mode. Read on to see how to change these defaults, should you need to. MODES OF OPERATION Turbo Braille has two modes of operation, an interactive mode and a batch mode. Either mode is entered from the DOS ">" prompt. In batch mode you enter the program name, any applicable switches, the filename(s) to be translated, and hit the "carriage return" or "enter" key. The program executes, performs the translation/formatting tasks as instructed, and exits, leaving you at the DOS prompt once again. The switches and filenames are processed strictly from left to right just as they are encountered, so that switches affecting a particular file must appear before the name of that file. To enter Turbo Braille's Interactive Mode, simply type "TBRL" at the DOS ">" prompt. (Do not type the quotation marks; they are included to indicate that the enclosed text is a command.) Further, case is not important when typing a command from the DOS prompt. The program will run, giving you a sign-on message and the Turbo Braille prompt, which is TB->. When you see the TB-> prompt you know that you are in Interactive Mode. From this mode, you can enter filename(s) and/or other commands which will be immediately executed. When each file or command has been processed, you will be returned to the TB-> prompt. To return to the DOS prompt from the interactive mode, simply press "return" or "enter" at the TB-> prompt. In the Interactive Mode, filenames and commands are entered one at a time. It is possible to use the DOS wild card characters "?" and "*" when specifying files to be processed. The wild card characters are also available for use in Batch Mode. When using these wild card characters, it is possible to specify more files or different files than you intended to process. For this reason, files with certain extensions have been excluded. These include files with the extensions .COM, .EXE, .LIB, .OBJ AND .SYS. The backup file extensions .BAK and .BK! have also been excluded. Finally, the data compression extensions .ARC and .ZIP and the KANSYS, Inc. extensions .BRL, .CFG and .PV3 have been excluded. You would not normally want to translate one of these files into braille. If you do, you will have to rename it first. ENTERING COMMANDS In the Batch Mode, TBRL commands are called switches. In the Interactive Mode, they will be referred to as commands. Each command or switch is started with a forward slash "/". It is followed by a command letter and possibly by a number or other information. A dash "-" can be used in place of the slash, if you prefer. All filenames and switches should be separated with spaces when entering them on the command line in Batch Mode. In Interactive Mode, filenames and commands are entered one at a time from the TB-> prompt. HELP Turbo Braille has available an extensive Help facility. To enter Help, type Slash H "/H" from the TB-> prompt or follow the "TBRL" command with a Slash H. You can then read through the Help information a screen at a time learning about the program. To navigate within the Help system you type a letter followed by a press of the "carriage return" or "enter" key. The available letters are "N" for the next screen, "P" for the previous screen, "F" for the first screen and "D" for done. Upon exiting Help, you will be back at the TB-> prompt. INPUT AND OUTPUT FILES As mentioned earlier, Turbo Braille accepts three standard file formats as its input. These file types are ASCII text files, WordPerfect Version 4.2 and 5.0 files, and WordStar Professional Version 4, 5, and 6 files. Those of you who have used earlier versions of Turbo Braille will notice that the ability to handle later versions of WordPerfect and WordStar files is the major difference with Version 2.0 of Turbo Braille. In addition, a number of translation errors have been corrected and the program can now handle long lines of text, such as those produced by spreadsheet programs. Actually, Turbo Braille will accept a fourth kind of file as input, a "BIF" or Braille Intermediate File. BIF files are produced by Turbo Braille itself and are ASCII files interspersed with the dot commands which Turbo Braille uses to control formatting. Turbo Braille appends a three-letter extension to file names so their type can be identified. All translated braille files will be followed by ".BRL" and all BIF files will be followed by ".BIF". When using Turbo Braille, it is possible to: produce a braille file which can be printed at a later time; produce a BIF file which can be edited and/or printed at a later time; or produce braille and BIF files at the same time. The default for Turbo Braille is to produce Braille files, although this can be easily changed. There are two switches/commands which control the kind of file produced, Slash M "/M" and Slash W "/W". Each of these is followed by a number in the range of 0 through 3. Further, either can be followed by a Question Mark "?" which will show you the current setting. The choices are as follows: /M0 produces no output, /M1 makes a BIF file, /M2 makes a braille file, and /M3 makes both a braille and BIF file. What happens to files is controlled by the "W" switch or command. The choices here are: /W0 discards all braille output, /W1 sends output to a printer, /W2 writes to a file with the .BRL extension, and /W3 sends output to a printer and to a file. The default setting is 2, which of course means that a braille file is written. Setups As you have seen so far, Turbo Braille has a number of options which can be easily changed while you are using the program. The values for all the commands and switches plus all printer definitions and Global dot commands are saved in a file called "TBRL.CFG". Two kinds of Setups are available, Local and Global. As you recall, in the "README.DOC" file you were advised to put Turbo Braille in a subdirectory called "\TB" if you use a hard disk equipped computer. You were then advised to put this subdirectory on your "path." This will allow you to run Turbo Braille from any subdirectory on your computer. Another reason for this advice has to do with Setups. Two kinds of Setups are available to you when using Turbo Braille, Global and Local. A Global Setup is located in the same directory as Turbo Braille itself. Any commands found here will be applied to all files processed by the program. A Local Setup can be located in any subdirectory other than the one which contains Turbo Braille. This means that you can establish sub- directories for different kinds of data or output files, with appropriate Local Setups for each. When you execute the program, Turbo Braille first checks the subdirectory into which you are logged for a TBRL.CFG file and, if one is found, it is used to establish the default settings. If there is none there, Turbo Braille checks in the directory in which the program is located. If one is found here, it is used as the Global Setup. If you make any changes while using the program, such as defining a printer, and you wish to make these changes permanent, you must save the changes as either a Local or Global Setup. This is done with the Slash SL (/SL) or Slash SG (/SG) commands or switches respectively. To make any setup a Local Setup you must also be logged into a directory other than that in which Turbo Braille is located. Remember that Global Setups are the default unless a Local Setup has been established. If it has, it becomes the default. You can also review and save Setups from within Turbo Braille. This is done with the Slash S "/S" command or switch. The "/S" is followed by one of three choices, "?" "G" or "L". The "/S?" command will display information about the Setup currently being used, "/SG" will save a Global Setup and "/SL" will save a Local Setup in the current subdirectory. PRINTING Turbo Braille has the ability to store information on up to ten printers. They are numbered 0 through 9 with 0 being the default. Thus, Turbo Braille will automatically format for printer 0 unless you tell it otherwise. Printer 0 is not redefinable by the user. To define a printer, Turbo Braille needs to know the page length in lines, the line length in braille cells, whether or not you want a page offset and if so how much, whether your printer uses continuous paper or single sheets, and finally whether or not form feeds are necessary. Page offset is space which is automatically inserted at the beginning or left side of each line. This space may be necessary to allow for the binding of pages. A form feed is a command which advances your printer to the next page. Most printers require a form feed from the software. Try providing a form feed, and if you get a blank sheet between printed pages, change this selection. Printers are handled with the Slash P "/P" command or switch. The possible modifiers are Question Mark "?" or a digit 0 through 9 which allows you to work with a specific printer definition. The command or switch "/p?" will display information on all defined printers while /P# (where # is the number, 0 through 9, of a specific printer) will allow you to work with that printer definition. After you press "/P#" you will be prompted to press "C" to change the definition, "D" to delete the definition or "K" to keep the definition. If you change it, you will be prompted to fill in each necessary item of information. For the page offset, you can enter "N" for No or enter a number of cells to use as an offset. Typing "0" will also have the same effect as typing "N". All printer definitions are saved as a part of a Local or Global Setup file. As mentioned earlier, printer 0 is the default. If you are using any other definition for printing, you must specify formatting for that printer with the Slash F "/F" command or switch. To use this command or switch, enter "/F" followed immediately by a digit 0 through 9 corresponding to the desired printer. This information, if changed, should also be saved in a Setup file. In Section Two of this manual you will learn in detail about the many dot commands used to control braille formatting in BIF files. These dot commands can be embedded in a BIF file and/or added to a Setup file so that they will apply to the entire document. Dot commands are added with the Slash A "/A" command or switch and deleted with the Slash D "/D" command or switch. The "A" or "D" are followed immediately by any legal dot command including its leading period. The command Slash D* "/D*" will delete all dot commands from the Setup. The Slash W (/w) command or switch is used to control printing. It is followed by a number 0 through 3. At setting 0, no printing will take place. Setting 1 will direct output to a printer, setting 2 directs output to a file, and setting 3 directs output to both a printer and a file. You will remember that the type of file, .BIF, .BRL or both is controlled by the Slash M "/m" switch or command. The Slash W "/w" command or switch directs output to the DOS PRN device. This is normally LPT1, but can be redefined with the Mode command. You can also print by producing a .BRL file, exiting to DOS and using the "PRINT" command. While the "PRINT" command is slightly different in various versions of DOS, it is easy to use. You normally enter "PRINT filename" on the command line and the file will be printed to the PRN device. For the exact details on using the "Print" command, consult your DOS manual. As mentioned earlier, you can also jump over a specific number of pages before printing is started. This command could be useful, for example, if your printer malfunctioned in the middle of a printing job. You could re-process the input file telling it to start printing on the first page which was bad. This is done with the Slash J "/J" command or switch. The "J" is followed immediately by the number of the last good page. Turbo Braille would then jump over the number of pages specified by the number following the "/j" command or switch, restarting printing on the next page. This command can also be used to specify a specific page to be printed by the Demonstration Version of Turbo Braille . The default is 0, which means that the program does not jump over any pages. Remember that the command or switch "/J1" would jump over one page, starting printing on page two. VERBOSITY LEVEL There is one final command/switch in Turbo Braille. This is the Verbosity command which is changed with the Slash V "/v" command or switch. The "V" is followed immediately by a number in the range of 0 through 9. The default is 0. Verbosity controls the number and length of messages which Turbo Braille displays while it is running. At this time, levels 0, 1, 2 and 3 have been implemented. While Turbo Braille is translating, you will hear it report a number regularly. The program uses an 8K buffer to handle data and what you are hearing is a count of buffers full of data being translated. While this count will help you gauge the programs progress, this is not a page count. As you increase the Verbosity level you will be given more information on what is happening. Experiment until you get the level you like -- you can't hurt anything. SECTION TWO FORMATTING COMMANDS RULES FOR TURBO BRAILLE Dot Commands and Imbedded commands Turbo Braille, from KANSYS, Inc., is a powerful braille translator. It takes files produced in WordStar and WordPerfect, as well as regular text files, and turns them into properly formatted braille files, often with no extra effort from the person entering the data. The formatting is accomplished by use of a number of dot commands--commands made up of two alpha letters preceded by a period. These commands center lines (.ce), skip lines (.sp), determine when to change to a new paragraph and indent it (.pp), just to name a few. The idea for these commands comes from a program called "Text," (by James Gillogly) a text formatting program for PC's. "Text" is a look-alike program for "Roff" a text formatter that could be found on mainframe Computers. Another type of commands prominently used by Turbo Braille for formatting braille is the imbedded or backslash command, a two-character command made up of a backslash followed by a character such as 0, 1, 2, :, etc. When the data entry person has produced a WordStar, WordPerfect or text file, Turbo Braille should be run to create a ".BIF" (Braille Intermediate File)." This file will contain some of the dot commands and imbedded commands. It will be easy to add more by just entering the file and editing it. It will look unusual, for there are to be no added blank spaces. The dot commands will always begin in Column one of the line, as will all of the text. Your finished copy's placement will be determined by what commands you use. Centering, Blank Lines, and Paragraphs CENTERING. (.ce) You are writing a document which has a title at the top of the page. You will, of course, want this title centered. Here is how it is done. Open the file. We'll call this file "Rules." To enter a ".BIF" file, you may use any ASCII Editor, such as Edlin, or the Nondocument Mode of WordStar. You will then enter the "insert mode" of that editor and type: .ce RULES FOR THE USE OF TURBO BRAILLE Remember, the command and the title will both begin in Column 1 of the screen. When you have processed the file, the ".ce" will have disappeared, and you will see the following: RULES FOR THE USE OF TURBO BRAILLE If the title is too long to be centered nicely on the braille page, the program will divide it into two or more equal parts. Suppose I want more than one line centered? This is no problem. Simply enter a space following the command, then follow the space with a digit which indicates the number of lines to be centered. (This principle is used with some of the other commands you will see later.) It will be done like this: .ce 3 RULES FOR THE USE OF TURBO BRAILle Produced by KANSYS, Inc. When processed, the material will be centered. If you don't know how many lines you will be centering, you will place a large number after the command--one so large that there is no way you could possibly be centering that many lines. Upon completion of the entry, the centering is terminated by typing the ".ce" Command followed by a 0. .ce 99 RULES FOR THE USE OF TURBO BRAILLE Produced by KANSYS, Inc. Your Sound Alternative ... .ce 0 When the braille output has been produced, all of the lines requiring centering will be centered, and those too long to have balanced centering as they are will be split. THE LINE SPACE (.SP). While entering data to be processed, it is often necessary to leave one or more blank lines between parts of the text, such as between the title and the body The command used for this purpose is ".sp." Remember, when the data is entered and shown on the screen, it should all appear, along with the commands, in column 1. In our file "Rules" we have now entered the title: RULES FOR THE USE OF TURBO BRAILLE PRODUCED BY KANSYS, Inc. Next we want to leave a blank line between the title and the first paragraph. .sp Turbo Braille is a powerful braille translator ... . The document will have the title centered, a blank line, and the beginning of the paragraph. .ce 99 RULES FOR THE USE OF TURBO BRAILLE Produced by KANSYS, Inc. .ce 0 .sp Turbo Braille is a powerful braille translator ... . If there is to be more than one blank line between parts of the document, follow the command with a digit: .sp 2 INDENTING THE PARAGRAPH (.PP). So far we have centered the title and skipped a blank line between the title of the document and its body. However, we want the paragraph in the braille output file to begin in Column three. This is done by use of the command ".pp." When Turbo Braille is reading a file and sees ".pp", it automatically writes the line of text immediately following the command with its FIRST CHARACTER in Column Three. .pp Turbo Braille is a powerful braille translator ... . After the ".pp" command, output would look like this. Turbo Braille is a powerful braille translator ... . MAKING AN UNFILLED LINE (.nf) or (.br). At times when working on a document, a data entry person doesn't want to fill lines. In letters, for instance, the street address, city and state, and date appear on separate lines; as do the lines of the inside address. In some word processors, such as WordStar, the solution to this problem is simply to enter a "hard" carriage return "<." However, this method does not work in Turbo Braille. This is true partially because there are fewer columns in the braille file. Therefore, there must be another method of dealing with the problem. This problem can be solved by one of two dot commands ".br" and ".nf." The ".br" is entered before each line of text that you desire to stand alone. Therefore, it would look something like this: .br 1016 Ohio .br Lawrence, KS 66044 .br August 10, 1989. The final copy would take out the ".br"'s in print but show the document correctly. This command is used when one wishes to respect line breaks in a short passage. If, however, there is a lot of material which requires that the lines not be filled, a ".nf" should be entered on the line before the text. Turbo Braille will place on the lines only as much material as is entered in that line of text. This will, of course, often spill over into more than one braille line. The ".br" and ".nf" commands have the affect of executing all carriage returns in the source document. They are used for short and long passages respectively. Normally, Turbo Braille ignores carriage returns and puts as much braille as will fit on each line. The exception to this rule is two carriage returns, which it turns into one .sp command. THE FILLING COMMAND (.FI) You must be wondering: If I use the .nf command and I then want to start filling lines again, what do I do? There is a command to achieve this function called the ".fi" command. It is placed on a line by itself immediately before the text with which the line filling will begin. Dot Commands for Margins We have seen how dot commands make it possible to center lines, skip blank lines, indent for paragraphs, cease the filling of lines, and resume the filling of lines. We will now consider the dot commands used to provide varied right margins, varied left margins, hanging indents, and regular indents. THE RIGHT MARGIN (.RM). Most of the braille printers that are available have a maximum line width of 40 columns on 11.5 inch paper. Forty Columns, therefore, is the default for Turbo Braille. However, the time may come when you will need a narrower line, such as when 8.5 by 11 inch paper is being used. This is easily accomplished with the right margin command ".rm." The command is entered beginning in column 1 and is the only item typed on the line. It is followed by the number of the last column to be found on the longest possible line. It will appear like this: .rm 28 remember, always start the dot commands in column 1 of the line on which they are found. THE LEFT MARGIN COMMANDS (.PO) (.IN). Perhaps a wider left margin is required. Although the Library of Congress is now allowing a 40 space line for transcribed materials, YOU MAY FIND binding more easily accomplished if two spaces are left at the beginning of the lines, producing a wider left margin. This is done with the ".in" command. This command, like the others is typed on a line by itself, and it will be followed by a digit. The command would appear as follows: .in 2 Making a wider left margin can also be accomplished by adjusting the paper a little in the printer, or by using the page offset command ".po" followed by a digit. .po 2 TEMPORARY INDENT (.TI) From time to time in the preparation of a document, it becomes necessary to temporarily change a margin for one line. Such instances occur in the formatting of documents such as outlines, in which the first braille line of each subdivision must be indented two spaces. Doing this is easy with the ".ti" command. In column 1 of a new line enter ".ti" followed by a space and either a digit to indicate how many spaces to indent, or the plus sign "+" and a digit to say the left margin plus a certain number of spaces. I. Planning my trip .ti +2 A. Making Reservations .ti +4 1. Choose a travel agent .ti +4 2. Determining the best time for me .ti +4 3. Determining best rates .ti +4 4. Flight availability .ti +2 B. Hotel Reservations II Making arrangements ... The ".ti" command can also be used in documents in which material is set in several spaces but the first line of each segment of data is found to the left of the rest of the material. Using the ".in" command, the data entry person will enter the number of spaces the material is to be set in, then with the ".ti" command will set the line back the same number of spaces by typing .ti 0. .in 3 .ti 0 Truck Driver's Delight--a half pound of ground round on a toasted sesame seed bun with mounds of fries and plenty of delectable garnishes on the side. $3.95. The command can also be formed in this way: .in +3 .ti -3 Dot Commands for Page Variations The standard length for a page of braille is twenty-five (25) lines, so Turbo Braille uses the twenty-five line page length as the default. However, from time to time it may be desirable to have a shorter page length or to force the end of a given page. Several dot commands are available to help in this kind of formatting. While discussing the manipulation of pages, we will also see how a dot command can be used to create a running head, as well as a command which will automatically insert print page numbers. CREATING A RUNNING HEAD (.RH). Often in preparing documents (print or braille) a running head must be provided so that each page will contain the document's title or something to identify it as part of the document. This is accomplished in Turbo Braille with the use of the dot command ".rh." The format for this command is slightly different from that which we have seen for the other dot commands in that it does not appear on a line by itself. While it is, like the others, found in column 1 of the line, it is followed by the material to be used as the running head. .rh RULES FOR TURBO BRAILLE If the running head is to appear on all pages of the document beginning with the first page, it should appear at the top of the data file before any other commands. If the running head is not to appear on the first page, it should be entered after the beginning material, so long as it is not entered so far into the file that it affects the running head's appearance on subsequent pages. THE INCLUSION OF PRINT PAGE NUMBERS (.PN). Often, particularly in the production of braille books, it is necessary to include not only braille page numbers, but also the corresponding print page numbers. This is done at the beginning of the file. Once the ".pn" command has been issued, the document will contain the first print page NUMBER, and on each page FOLLOWING it will contain the same page number preceded by an alpha letter "a" "b" "c" etc., until the print page advances one page. Should the print page change in the middle of a braille page, a row of dots 2 and 5 will appear with the new print page NUMBER at the end of it. If you wish to begin with a print page other than PAGE 1, you should follow the ".pn" command with the number of the print page. .pn .pn 30 The program will then begin numbering the print pages with 30, or whatever number you have inserted. CHANGING THE PAGE LENGTH OF YOUR DOCUMENT (.PL) Although the ".pl" command is rarely used, a data entry person may find at some point the need to change the length of the pages of a document. This command would only be used if the entire document was to have a number of lines in EACH PAGE OTHER THAN 25. Though it can be placed anywhere in the file, the best place logically is to place it before any other data or commands in the file. If this is not done, it could easily be forgotten until so far into the file that the first page or two would have one page length and the rest would have the new length. The command is found beginning in column 1 of a line and followed by one or two digits to indicate the number of lines desired on each page. .pl 20 .pl 9 PREMATURELY FORCING THE END OF A PAGE (.NE) OR (.BP) Braille rules require that a new centered title be placed on a new page if it cannot be preceded by a blank line and followed by a blank line and two lines of text. If this rule is being used in the processing of your braille document, it will not be possible for you to determine on the computer either by looking at the screen or using speech if the final copy will turn out that way. This is when the ".ne" command will come in handy. If you want to guarantee that you will never have the title of an article on the final line of your braille page, enter the ".sp" command, then enter the ".ne" command followed by a digit which includes the number of lines to be found in the title, the next blank line, and two lines of the paragraph following the title. .sp .ne 4 .ce Dot Commands for Margins .sp .pp We have seen how dot commands make it possible to center lines, skip blank lines, indent for paragraphs, ... If it is desirable to terminate a page early, such as for a new topic, a new section, etc., enter the ".bp" command. This will cause the paper to advance to a new page. It, like most of the other commands we have discussed, will be on a line alone beginning in column 1. MORE DOT COMMANDS By consulting the Help facility of Turbo Braille, you will see that there are many other dot commands, designed to accomplish a variety of formatting tasks. The Help facility is accessed with the Slash H "/H" command or switch. This section of the documentation is designed to give you an introduction to dot commands. We will be adding to it in the upcoming months, as Turbo Braille grows and matures. You can also learn more about dot commands by examining a "BIF" file produced by Turbo Braille. After all, as you will remember from Section One of this document, BIF files are nothing more than ASCII text interspersed with dot commands. If you have any questions, give us a call at: (913) 843-0351 or drop us a line at: KANSYS, Inc. 1016 Ohio Street Lawrence, KS 66044