[bksvol-discuss] Re: changing m dashes to --

  • From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 18:02:13 -0400

I also convert em dashes into hyphens, partly out of habit, but mainly because if I don't, anything I scan that I want to read on my Pac Mate only shows a single hyphen where the em dash is. So I change them to make the braille look right; but it also ensures, in the case of something I'm reading with the intension of submitting to Bookshare, that the em dashes weren't missed, (missed as in wrongly recognized as single hyphens), which I've seen happen in some books sometimes depending on the font used.. If they were missed, then I can correct them as I read. 


Evan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> 
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Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 5:52 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: changing m dashes to --



Hi Mike,
It is not a problem to convert em dashes to two hyphens if folks still want 
to do that.  That is what the tools turn them into anyway, but they don't
choke if it's been done for them.
I too am one of those who converts em dashes to two hyphens still as when I proofread using Kurzweil 1000 the reading is more accurate as far as pausing 
is concerned when the conversion has been made.
In short, it's fine either way to leave em dashes as they are, or to change them to two hyphens. We just don't need to convert em dashes any more as the 
tools, I am happy to say, handle them very well and consistently.

Mayrie



-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike and Lori
Castner
Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 10:58 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: changing m dashes to --

Actually, we are supposed to leave the M dashes as they are, according to
the manual.  Hope this helps.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Martha Rafter" <mlhr@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2012 6:18 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: changing m dashes to --



Hi Netta,
  Those  mdashes drive me crazy too.  I copy one of them and then use
it in the find box and put two hyphens in the replace box.  Hope this

helps.

Good luck!
Marty
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