[bookport] Re: Braille translation errors
- From: Richard Turner <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 10:54:45 -0800
Hi Joni,
Thanks for the comments. The punctuation level doesn't make any difference
for the double f error. I have tried all settings.
I have not run into the others one you mention, but I suspect you are
correct. I am fairly sure the accent is indeed being interpreted as the at
sign since both are handled with dot 4 depending on the braille grade, etc.
I am assuming that folks on the development team read this list and make
note of such things, right?
Thanks,
Richard
At 07:51 AM 11/27/2004, you wrote:
>Hi Richard,
>
>I have not noted these same errors but have noted other things which I
>assume are due to Braille translation issues.
>
>The word feminine is consistently pronounced as feme and even spelled that
>way when reading brf files from bookshare or Web Braille. I assume the in
>contractions are being interpreted as an asterisk and ignored in the
>pronunciation and spelling because of my setting for punctuation.
>
>I have occasionally noticed stand alone contractions like b for but and c
>for can as being read as just the letter.
>Have you changed the punctuation from its default? Mine is set on the
>default setting of some with numbers. Maybe a different punctuation setting
>would eliminate at least the double f error.
>
>I have also noted in Web Braille that in a word like cafe with an accented e
>it is pronounced as cafate. Actually Eloquence does not pronounce this as I
>am hearing it with Double Talk which is caf uh tee. The accent is
>interpreted as the at sign I assume.
>
>Joni
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Richard Turner" <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, November 27, 2004 9:35 AM
>Subject: [bookport] braille translation errors
>
>
>Greetings,
>
>I just read the book, The Atonement by Ian McEwan that I down loaded as a
>brf file from the NLS's web braille service. There were two consistent
>translation errors and I wondered if anyone else has found such errors in
>other brf files.
>1. The low f in words like different or suffered was translated as a
>number 6, resulting in the words di6erent and su6ered.
>
>2. The braille for herself was left as herf.
>
>Also, speaking of braille, thanks to those who recently discussed the
>braille input feature. I had not read the entire manual and was quite
>pleased to discover this feature.
>
>Happy reading,
>Richard
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