[bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice requested
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2011 15:57:25 -0700
Hi, Evan, thanks a lot. Will do that. Regards, Kim.
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan Reese
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 3:53 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice requested
All you need to do is turn on your numeric keypad, then hold down the
alt
key and enter 0227 on that keypad, not on the main keyboard. There is a
way
to enter these kinds of characters that is specific to Word, but the
above
method works in any program.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 6:06 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice requested
> 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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