[bksvol-discuss] Re: recurring scanning flaw
- From: Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 24 Jan 2005 16:15:56 -0800
Cindy, That was very interesting information. I went into MS word and when I
wrote sister-in-law, I heard the words dash. When I actually wrote a dash
(two hyphens) I heard M-; however, the braille display only showed a hyphen.
Very interesting!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 3:24 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: recurring scanning flaw
> Jill,
>
> There are 3 different kinds of dashed: a hyphen, and
> em dash, and an en dash. I never knew what an en dash
> was for until the subject came up here recently --
> apprently, though I've been using hyphens for words
> like twenty-four, brother-in-law, other compund words
> that are supposed to be separated, one is technically
> supposed to use an en dahs, which is longer than a
> hyphen and shorter than an em dash.
>
> An em dash is used when another though interrupts a
> sentence -- sort of a parenthetical thought but not in
> parentheses.Example: "Austin could see the black line
> of trees in the darkness em dash with only a few more
> hdegerows to bridge em dash when they heard the thrump
> of helicpoter rotors coming from the direction of the
> chatesu."
>
> Or a break of an idea but in the same sentence.
> examples from a book I'm looking at now: "the best I
> can do is maybe Aberdeen emdash and I can't reach
> there before the jets arrive."
>
> Also, an interrupted sentence or thought which is
> different from an unfinished thought, which would use
> ellipses. example: "The second one's a Bell Jet Rang
> em dash" Hanley started to say.
>
> It sounds like Jaws is putting em dashes where they
> belong. What does it say for hyphens?
>
> Cindy
>
> Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > I finally concluded that when I hear JAWS say m-, it
> > is actually just a
> > dash; at least that's what is showing on the braille
> > display. Why JAWS
> > should say m- is beyond me.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:41 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: recurring scanning
> > flaw
> >
> >
> > > Hi, Jill,
> > >
> > > I'm not quite sure what you mean by the m- symbol.
> > In
> > > the book I'm validating now, there are em dashes
> > where
> > > there should just be a normal between-word space.
> > In
> > > the book I just finished, the letter m by itself
> > > should have been the word "in."
> > >
> > > I'd need to see some examples to know what yours
> > > should be, but if you think it should be a comma,
> > go
> > > ahead and change it. When I'm typing I frequently
> > it
> > > the em key instead of the comma key and have to
> > change
> > > it.
> > >
> > > Cindy
> > >
> > > -- Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > The book I am presently validating has many m-
> > > > symbols. Does anyone know if this should be
> > replaced
> > > > by a comma? That's what seems to be called for
> > in
> > > > most, but not necessarily all, instances.
> > > >
> > >
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