[bksvol-discuss] Re: ellipses replacing periods?

  • From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:46:27 -0400

When I scan/validate books, if I find a place where there is an ellipsis, I usually find that the scanning program recognizes the ellipses as a period followed by a space, another period, a space, and a final period. When I see this, I will remove the spaces, so there are three consecutive periods with a space on each side. This seems to give best results, i.e. seeing a single dot repeated three times in braille rather than random periods.

Scott


----- Original Message ----- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 2:25 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ellipses replacing periods?




It is just one dot in Braille, whereas the period is 3 dots. That is, in the case of true elipses. I am a bit puzzled too as to why, in so many cases, there seem to be extra periods at the ends of sentences...

Sue S.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 1:05 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] ellipses replacing periods?


I think I missed something, although I ususally read ever post despite the subject line in case the post is about someting else.

But I don't remember seeing anything about replacing
periods with ellipses. Are ellipses Braille for
periods at the ends of sentences? Are they also used
where ellipses are supposed to be, or is there
something else used there?

Cindy


-- Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I think you have just answered something I have been
wondering about, the
replacement of periods with elipses. Did you ask for
Bookshare's approval or
just start doing this? I'm a braille reader too so
don''t know how this is
handled in the Daisy format but surely is annoying
when we see the periods
in braille. Also what are you doing about words that
should be accented but,
of course, are not.





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