ISO/TR TECHNICAL REPORT 11548-2 First edition 2001-12-15 Communication aids for blind persons Identifiers, names and assignation to coded character sets for 8-dot Braille characters Part 2: Latin alphabet based character sets Aides a la communication pour personnes aveugles - ldentificateurs, noms et attribution aux jeux de caracteres codés pour caracteres Braille a8points- Partie 2: Jeux de caracteres basés sur I'alphabet latin Reference number ISO/TR 11548-2:2001(E) ISO @ ISO 2001 HS unde I without license from IHS Not for Resale ISO/TR 11548-2:2001(E) PDF disclaimer This PDF file may contain embedded typefaces. In accordance with Adobe's licensing policy, this file may be printed or viewed but shall not be edited unless the typefaces which are embedded are licensed to and installed on the computer performing the editing. In downloading this area. Adobe is a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Details of the software products used to create this PDF file can be found in the General Info relative to the file; the PDF-creation parameters were optimized for printing. Every care has been taken to ensure that the file is suitable for use by isO member bodies. In the unlikely event @ ISO2001 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and microfilm, without permission in writing from either ISO at the address below or ISO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Case postale 56. CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 4122 749 01 11 Fax + 41 22 749 09 47 E-mail [email protected] Web www.iso.ch Printed in Switzerland @ IsO 2001 - All rights reserved py IHS unde edwithoutlicense from IHS Not for Resale ISO/TR 11548-2:2001(E) Contents Page Foreword Introduction Scope 7 2 Terms and definitions ... 3 Shifting to Latin alphabet based character sets 4 Semantic assignation to Braille patterns 4.1 General.... 4.2 Tables 1 and 2 . 4.3 4.4 Tables A.1 and A.2.. 5 Tables 1 and 2: Braille patterns and their meanings 6 Table 3: Braille patterns Code tables 37 Annex A Braille patterns — Code tables PC1 (850) and Pc2 (437) 39 Bibliography 42 ii by IHS under lic se from IHS Not for Resale