Turkish Braille System
Table of Contents
Table of Contents (pdf page 8)
Braille Writing Signs
Information the Braille cells (pdf page 18): page 3
Information on German Braille (pdf page 23): page 10
Information on Arabic Braille (pdf page 27): page 12
Information on French Braille (pdf page 29): page 14
Information on English Braille (pdf page 32): page 17
Information on Turkish Braille (pdf page 42): page 27 Level 0
letter sign (pdf page 43): page 28
correction and foreign letter signs (pdf page 43): page 28
upper case sign (pdf page 44): page 29
all upper case sign (pdf page 45): page 30
single letter sign (pdf page 46): page 31
only small letters (pdf page 46): page 31
only upper case (pdf page 46): page 31
italics (pdf page 46): page 31
punctuation (pdf page 48): page 33
Additional Type Issues for Turkish Braille (Formatting)
1 - Poetry signs (pdf page 58): page 43
2- Footnotes (pdf page 60): page 45
3 - Page numbering (pdf page 62): page 47
4 - Indenting (pdf page 62): page 47
5 - Dates (pdf page 63): page 48
6 - Abbreviations and Acromyns (pdf page 63): page 48
7 - Ordinal labels (pdf page 64): page 49
8 - Repeated word sign (pdf page 65): page 50
Turkish Braille Contractions (Key Section)
Introduction to Contractions (pdf page 66): page 51
Level 0: Individual Letters (pdf page 42): page 27 (from above)
Level 1: One letter contractions (pdf page 69): [list of the level 1 contractions]: page 54
Level 2: Two letter contractions (pdf page 72): [list of the level 2 contractions]: page 57
Level 3: Syllable contractions (pdf page 78): [list of the level 3 contractions]: page 63
Level 4: Word Base contractions (pdf page 85): [list of the level 4 contractions]: page 70
Level 5: Suffix contractions (pdf page 90): [list of the level 5 contractions]: page 75
Learning Contractions (pdf page 96): page 81
Braille Mathematics
standard numbers. numeric period dot 3, comma is dot 2, hyphen is dots 36. Sıa sayıları
Ordinal numbers use number sign with lower numbers (yuck). There is a special form for a list of numbers separated by commas.
Roman numerals start with a dot 6. The name of a Sultan, you leave out the space between the name and the Roman numeral.
Tricky one: eta ) theta ] xi x omnichron q chi x psi ( omega o
+ ;5
- ;-
± ;5-
∓ ;-5
× ;8
÷ ;3
= ;7
• ;'
() is <> -- [] is [o
+1 #;5a -3 #;-c
Decimal point, written as a comma, is dot 2.
The fraction slash is shown with / Turkish uses uses German-style numeric fractions. Synthetic enclosure: <>
Mixed numbers, replace space with hyphen
Superscript is + (numbers use lower numbers) Use synthetic enclosures if there is more than one thing in superscript: <>
overbar is : prime is @9 double prime is @99 triple prime @999
Subscript is \ (numbers use lower numbers) Use synthetic enclosures if there is more than one thing in superscript: <>
Radical sign (square root) is % The use may follow German usage, study this chapter carefully
Use dots 56 to show currency and units of measure, see the list.
Replace the various inkprint symbols with a hyphen; also periods to separate the numbers in a date. A single quote between numbers: dot 3
This does not look tricky
Oblique slash, use / (dots 34), percent sign is & mil sign is the letter b (very odd)
{ } is '( ,) vertical bar is ,_
Braille Science
Braille Science Introduction (pdf page 248): page 233
(First Section; Chemistry) (pdf page 250): page 235
(Second Section; Physics) (pdf page 282): page 267