It can furthermore be utilised by anybody who needs to translate contracted Braille into standard text. Sensus Braille does not require special knowledge of Braille, nor of computers in general, and can be deployed by blind as well as sighted users. Rules and Exceptions Sensus Braille uses rules and exceptions to translate standard text into Braille. The rules are applied in the majority of the cases and cover more than 97.5 percent of all words. The remaining 2.5 percent of the words are covered by exceptions.
Exceptions can either be entire words or subsets of words.
Users can add words or parts of words which are translated incorrectly, hence achieving an overall accuracy in excess of 99.6 per cent. Languages Most countries are using their own rules for Braille. Sensus is currently working on a new version of the product suite, which will include support for the Swedish rule set. While this version is scheduled to be released in the second half of 1996, Sensus will continue to add support for new languages to the product. A German version of Sensus Braille is currently being considered.