Welsh-language documents and ELLA

ELLA's tools were built around English. Some things work for Welsh and some do not. This page tells you which, so that you can plan.

What works

You can upload a Welsh document. ELLA can set the language of the document, and of Welsh passages inside an English document, so that a screen reader chooses the right pronunciation. It can fix structure in Word, PDF and HTML files, and make large print. These tasks work on the structure and layout of a document, not on the meaning of the words.

Braille

ELLA writes UEB English braille unless you ask for something else. Its braille engine includes the Welsh tables that come with liblouis, the braille software it uses, for grade 1 and grade 2 Welsh. Ask for it by name: "Welsh braille, grade 2". Three things to know:

The tables are used as they come, and ELLA does not change them.
Maths inside a Welsh document is still written in UEB technical notation, because ELLA's maths code is UEB only.
Have someone who reads Welsh braille check the file before it is embossed.

If you would rather have the English sections only, name them: "braille the English sections".

Scans and photos

Recognition from scans and photos is built for English and may be less accurate for Welsh, especially with accented letters such as â, ê, î, ô, û, ŵ and ŷ. Check any scanned Welsh carefully.

Bilingual documents

Many documents hold English and Welsh side by side. Name the parts you want in your request, for example "braille the English sections" or "Welsh braille for the Welsh sections". Check that the result has what you expect.

Welsh text in an English document

A few Welsh names and phrases in an English document are usually fine in print. In braille, those passages are handled by English tools. Read a short section first, and check any name that matters.

Still stuck?

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Welsh-language documents