[bksvol-discuss] Re: m-dashes
- From: "Paula and James Muysenberg" <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "Bkvol" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2008 16:09:54 -0500
At the risk of prolonging the agony: I've discovered in the past few
months that some speech synthesizers also handle M-dashes poorly. Some
synths, when they encounter two words connected by an M-dash, will drop the
first letter off the second word, making it hard to tell what the word is
supposed to be. The problem goes away, when you replace M-dashes with double
hyphens.
Paula
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From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:54 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: m-dashes
> Hi all,
>
> Let me just answer this one, as I dragged the monster from under the
> bed. Debbie, we're talking about M-dashes those funny dashes that are
> longer than normal dashes. We're not talking about single hyphens. If
> you're using a screen reader, it will tell you when you get an m-dash.
> These symbols do not do well when the book is converted to braille, and
> so it is best to replace them with two hyphens.
>
> I sure hope this doesn't spawn another three day marathon of messages!
> <chagrinned>
>
> Ann P.
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