[brailleblaster] Re: Problems with emphasis
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 18:17:43 -0500
That file is incorrect. It puts the colon between <strrong> tags. I
wouldn;[t wory about it.
John
On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 03:30:28PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
> John,
>
> I am glad to hear that BB will bypass the Word add-in. I have found it to be
> somewhat weird in the way it places the XML tags.
>
> Should I mention the file that adds a space and a grave accent to the
> emphasized text when it is translated on the other list.
>
>
> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
>
> Vic
> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
> Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2012 2:53 PM
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> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Problems with emphasis
>
> Hi Vic,
>
> The emphasiks problems are being discussed on the liblouis-liblouisxml
> list. BrailleBlaster will have its own importer for word documents, so
> problems with the plugin won't occur. I'll get back to you later.
>
> John
>
> On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 01:56:05PM -0400, Vic Beckley wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > I have been trying to reproduce a problem with words that are emphasized
> not
> > contracting right. I have not been able to accomplish this. I have found a
> > couple other things which I think are problems. I am attaching to this
> > message two xml document I have been using.
> >
> > First, when translating the emphasis.xml into Braille, there is an
> > inappropriate space and grave accent mark placed before the colon where
> the
> > text is emphasized.
> >
> > Secondly, the italic marks are placed inappropriately. In the emphasis.xml
> > file there are four words in bold. I think whenever there are over three
> the
> > italic mark isn't supposed to be on each word. Similarly, in the page
> 2.xml
> > file, the title is not marked up appropriately. There are two italic signs
> > before the word God's, as there should be. There is one on the word
> through
> > and one on the word Jeremiah. There should only be one on the last word if
> I
> > am not mistaken.
> >
> > This second case is probably due to the way the DAISY plug-in for Word
> > structures the xml. I don't know why it does what it does but I feel
> > BrailleBlaster should be able to compensate for this as it will likely be
> > encountered quite often.
> >
> >
> > Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> >
> > Vic
> > E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> >
>
>
>
>
> --
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
>
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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