[access-uk] Re: Braille sign help!
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:11:05 -0000
Hi Joan,
If you go to BAUK's Publications page,
http://www.bauk.org.uk/pubs/htm you will be able to download
a copy of the latest version of British Braille in both PDF
and braille formats. It's well worth keeping a copy to hand
for such questions.
Rule 7.2.11 on page 77 explains the new commercial "at" @
sign introduced fairly recently.
There is also a summary of changes available, where it says,
and I quote:
"15. A new sign for the commercial "at" symbol, dot 4 dots
2-3-4-6 has been added to the literary code (7.2.11). This
allows simple email addresses to be transcribed directly
without the need to resort to the computer code method (see
point 7); nevertheless, BAUK recommends that the method
using computer code indicators be the norm in most
transcription circumstances as it provides a single method
which is of general application.
"
And "Point 7" says:
"7. The use of computer code indicators is included in
British Braille (section 5.3), and a short list of computer
code signs is included in 2.7. These are taken from the
Braille Computer Notation. The main use is expected to be
for the transcription of email and internet addresses, which
will no longer require explanatory notes or ad hoc methods.
However, as pointed out in 5.3.1, the use of this facility
is not restricted to this area, and may be used wherever the
greater precision in representing arbitrary sequences of
characters without ambiguity is needed in a literary
context. One difference from the Braille Computer Notation
is that the default is for letters to be lower case (the
opposite convention is currently used in Braille Computer
Notation). This is now thought to be the more natural
default position."
Hope this helps,
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Angela Bartram
Sent: 17 January 2007 11:00
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille sign help!
I don't feel quite so stupid now for not being able to find
out! In one braille primer is says do4 + "the" sign and on
the braille authority computer language page it says just
"the" sign for @.
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Well my colleague has decided to put dot 4 + the, but
explain to the recipient in case aren't sure what it is
(many of them are not computer users, but we are doing some
transcription and need to put everything in).
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Thanks all for your comments and suggestions anyway!
Joan Muir <wjmuir.twadugs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The "the" sign only is used. No dot 4 at all.
Best wishes,
Joan.
----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Christopher Hallsworth"=20
To:=20
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2007 10:01 AM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: Braille sign help!
> No, the "the" sign does not come after the dot 4 sign;
it's just dot 4.
> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:53:55 +0000 (GMT), "Angela Bartram"
> said:
>> I think I've found it - dot 4 plus "the" sign- is that
right?
>> Christopher Hallsworth wrote: Dot 4.
>> On Wed, 17 Jan 2007 09:30:26 +0000 (GMT), "Angela
Bartram"
>> said:
>> > Can someone please tell me what the braille sign for
the "at" sign @=20
>> > is?
>> > It should be obvious, but I'm not a braille reader and
my knowledge is=20
>> > a
>> > bit rudimentary. Would appreciate a quick reply if
someone can help- a
>> > colleague is putting a letter into braille and needs to
include an=20
>> > email
>> > address. Sorry for being thick- I really should know
this one?
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> > Angela
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