Dear Jake,
Your directions worked perfectly! I'm levitating! We
all know I'm not the
fastest barge on the canal when it comes to
computers, but your instructions
put those m dashes exactly where I needed them.
The M dash will be especially easy to remember
because it's insert 4 as you
said for jaws, and then tapping e 4 times to reach m
dash and enter not even
having to go to OK!
Also exciting is the fact I saw a slew of items
listed in the insert 4
dialogue box which may turn out to be useful!!
The book I'm working on is an Irish memoir. Instead
of using quotes or
apostrophes, there's a dash or m dash before all
quotes and no mark to show
the end of the quote. It's plain in print because
quotes are inserted
farther than the narrative, but I think braille
readers will quickly catch
the pattern.
While blissfully making my corrections with the new
command, I noticed that
the scanner read these unique indications of quotes
as dash about half of
the time and M dash the other half with some minus
signs thrown in for
variety. The mixture was random so I made a command
decision to use the
simpler dash to indicate quotes. I'm on page 27 now
and all quotes are
uniformly indicated with a single dash, easier for
me and the reader.
By the way, when this book is approved, I'm going to
mention that while
anyone interested in quirky humor, Irish culture and
recalling life from
1959 through 1960 something will like this book, but
the POV, and the
father, a kind of hero to the author will really
appeal to the gritty guys
among the members. I'm entranced, but regularly
amused in spite of myself
and grossed out, too.
Always with love,
Lissi
Thanks for helping me to enjoy another break
through!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 6:52 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: M dash, how to make
it?
> Hi Lissi,
> There are two easy ways to insert an em-dash
>
> If you're using Microsoft Word, you can press
CTRL+ALT+the minus sign on
> the numpad.
>
> If you're using JAWS, you can press INSERT+4 (the
4 on the regular
> keyboard) and you'll get a list of symbols. Press
the letter e a few times
> and you'll find em dash, then press enter.
>
> That's all there is to it.
>
> Jake
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 5:16 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] M dash, how to make it?
>
>
>> Dear Volunteer Friends,
>>
>> There was a discussion here about making that
long dash called m dash by
>> Jaws using microsoft word while validating an RTF
file. How to make it
>> with other programs might have been mentioned,
too.
>>
>> What I mostly remember is that it was suggested
that just using 2 dashes
>> comes out better for the braille reader in
Bookshare's BRF file of a
>> book. So, I decided that when I had a choice, I'd
use 2 dashes.
>>
>> However, the book I'm validating is already
packed with m dashes, so if I
>> fix one, I thought it should match them.
>>
>> How do I make an m dash? Occasionally jaws calls
an m dash a minus, and I
>> want to replace the minus signs with m dashes. If
anyone can point me to
>> the answer or remind me how to do this, I'd
appreciate it and save the
>> information in my Bookshare Tips file.
>>
>> While I wait to hear about this, I'll mark the
spot and go on. I'm only
>> on page 12, but this book really motivates me to
make good progress.
>>
>> Hope all of your current endeavors are going
swimmingly. - Smile
>>
>> Always with love,
>>
>> Lissi
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