[bksvol-discuss] Re: Ellipses

  • From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 11:45:31 -0500

Hi Melissa!
Using Window-Eyes in Eudora where I have all punctuation--textual, math and miscellaneous turned off, reading with the read-to-end hotkey, there is a bit of silence on both characters as when I down arrow across them. If I Control-Right arrow across the elipsis written as ... (three periods), TripleTalk says "period, period, period." When I Control-Right arrow across the symbol or ? TripleTalk announces, "elipsis". If I highlight the ? symbol or copy and/or cut it, the "elipsis" announcement is also heard, while in the non-symbol style of ... 
each dot is called a period when highlighting, copying and/or cutting also.

Debby






At 10:26 AM 5/27/2010, Melissa Smith wrote

Jill, let me know how these display on your Braille display.

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Melissa Smith
On 5/27/2010 9:23 AM, Jill O'Connell wrote:
If you know what the symbol is I would be happy to try this as I have a braille display. I too had Kurzweil recognize this once and say elipsis instead of dot, dot, dot. 
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From: <mailto:mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>Melissa Smith
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Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 4:37 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ellipses
Just wondering if the Braille conversion tool would recognize an ellipses as such if we used the actual symbol for an ellipses instead of the 3 periods together. I've noticed that my screen reader will sometimes say ellipses and sometimes just say dot dot dot. I'm thinking that if the Braille conversion tool would recognize the actual ellipses, it would be displayed correctly in Braille and print and work for everybody. Perhaps this is something that needs to be checked with engineering to know for sure. 

Melissa Smith
On 5/27/2010 12:12 AM, Susan wrote:

Hi Jill,
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The question is, how do we format books to be the most correct for everyone? I know this sounds opinionated, and I'm sorry, but I'm not sure this is always possible to achieve in one book. For example, if we format correctly for braille, (such as in the ellipses we've been discussing forever), perhaps a dyslexic reader is not getting his or her needs (which are just as important) met? What is the answer, I wish I knew. Thanks for letting me vint everyone! Are you feeling any differently about working with us, Scott? Sure do hope not. 
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Susan, The Questioning Proofer



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