The Beta Code Manual

• This table gives the Beta Codes for the Greek alphabet, diacritics and punctuation.
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Outline

Alpha	A		Nu	N
Beta	B		Xi	C
Gamma	G		Omicron	O
Delta	D		Pi	P
Epsilon	E		Rho	R
Zeta	Z		Sigma	S
Eta	H		Tau	T
Theta	Q		Upsilon	U
Iota	I		Phi	F
Kappa	K		Chi	X
Lambda	L		Psi	Y
Mu	M		Omega	W
Smooth breathing	)		Period	.
Rough breathing	(		Apostrophe	,
Acute	/		Colon	:
Grave	\		Question Mark	;
Circumflex	=		Hyphen	-
Iota subscript	|		Dash	_

Uppercase Letters

• To type uppercase letters, prefix each letter with an asterisk, *. E.g. *P*L*A*T*W*N

Diacritics

• On lowercase letters these are keyed in the order: (1) letter, (2) breathing, (3) accent, (4) iota subscript. E.g. W(=|
• On uppercase letters these are keyed in the order: (1) asterisk, (2) breathing, (3) accent, (4) letter, (5) iota subscript. E.g. *(=W|