[bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice requested
- From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:06:02 -0700
Kim,
I'm occasionally in touch with the Brazilians working on digital book
accessibility. Let me ask. I suspect that, as long as Word is using proper
ASCII, the answer that Bob gave about using the virtual keyboard is going
to be the right answer.
Scott
On 8/29/11 2:16 PM, "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>Hi, Scott, how do I put that tilde you mention over the A? Do I turn on
>the thumb keys and write an alt key with a number that represents the A
>tilde? I know I have a tilde on the computer keyboard but am unsure how
>to make that A tilde look good. Any advice I can get will be
>appreciated. I think I have a message about circumflexes using the
>Control key and something else. Thanks for the info Scott. You see, if I
>were writing Braille, (not the Portuguese Braille, but standard Grade 2
>Braille) Any accented letter is marked with a dot 4 in a Braille cell.
>For example, if I were writing "puree" (which in French would have an E
>accent aigu over the first E), I would write "p-u-r-dot 4-e-e". So also,
>if I were writing Sao Paulo in Braille, I'd write "dot 6 (capital letter
>sign) s-dot 4-a-o dot 6-p-a-u-l-o". Regards, Kim Friedman.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Rains
>Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 1:59 PM
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice requested
>
>
>Kim,
>
>InPortuguese you will most often find the tilde over a before o. For
>example, San Franciso in English and Spanish is Sao - with a tilde over
>the a - Francisco in Portuguese. Mano is Spanish is mao - with a tilde
>over the a - in Portuguese. Circumflex will most often be over an o
>occurring as the only vowel in a syllable. It would be very rare to find
>umlauts in Portuguese. Even in the Linguistics Department in Brazil we
>just ignored the umlaut in the word lingüística .
>
>Scott
>
>On 8/29/11 1:48 PM, "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Hi, Bob, the problem is that I don't know what symbol is used in the
>>print, so I can't know the appropriate accent mark to use. I don't know
>
>>if I should use a circumflex mark on the A, a grave, an acute accent,
>>or an umlaut. (I'm pretty sure the umlaut isn't what I want.) Regards,
>>Kim Friedman.
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob W
>>Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 1:41 PM
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice requested
>>
>>
>>What software/hardware are you using?
>>
>>If in some way you are using jaws (i.e. jaws with word) then you can
>>press
>>insert+4 (that's four on the numbers row) and you will get a list of
>>characters to choose from.
>>
>>Press enter on the character that meets your needs.
>>
>>The three a characters you get are: á Á and æ.
>>
>>Hope this helps.
>>
>>p.s. even if you're using a program like kurzweil or openbook to proof
>>with, there are ways to get these characters into those programs. Just
>>let us know.
>>
>>Bob
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 3:13 PM
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Advice requested
>>
>>
>>Hi, I'm proofreading a science fiction book. I'm reading the second
>>story in the anthology. Part of the story takes place in Brazil.
>>There's a discussion of Sao Paulo. The advice I need is how to put in
>>the correct accent mark for the A in Sao Paulo (Paulo doesn't use an
>>accent mark. I know how to write it in Braille, but I don't know which
>>ASCII character to use for the A in Sao. Please write me back as I wish
>
>>this to look right. Many thanks for the help. Regards, Kim Friedman.
>>
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