[bksvol-discuss] Re: British and U.S. spelling of words
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:26:50 -0800
That information is good to know. Thanks for posting, it Madeleine
Cindy
On Tue, Nov 27, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Madeleine Linares
<Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just a reminder: if you use the regular/general search rather than the
> advanced search, you won't have the problem with English US vs English
> UK...There will likely be many more results, but you can put in the title as
> well as the author into that search bar, which narrows things down a lot.
>
> I know this isn't an ideal solution, but I've found the general search to be
> very useful, especially when you know the title and author.
>
> Best,
>
> Madeleine Linares
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> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sue Stevens
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:42 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: British and U.S. spelling of words
>
>
> Oh, yes, Roger, I do wish Bookshare would combine British and US. Then we
> would not have to choose in our preferences. It would save wear and tear on
> the search engines too, because if one chooses US English as a preference,
> one cannoot see books with British spelling and punctuation when using
> advanced search. Quick search returns way too many choices.
>
> Sue S.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Loran Bailey
> Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:56 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: British and U.S. spelling of words
>
> To make it short, the Braille reader will be able to tell British spelling
> from American spelling just as well as a print reader can tell the
> difference. Let me add that the problem with Bookshare is that it treats
> British and American English as if they were different languages.
> The simple fact is that they are the same language that differ from one
> another a lot less than dialects within a lot of languages do. Anyone who can
> read one can read the other, whether the reader is reading in Braille or not.
> That makes a strong argument for me that they should be combined on Bookshare.
> On 11/27/2012 9:33 AM, Ann Parsons wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Cindy, you are right that Braille is contracted when books are published.
>> Braille comes in two basic forms: contracted and uncontracted.
>> Uncontracted Braille, what we old-timers used to call Grade I, is a
>> letter for letter transcription of print. this, form, as you might
>> imagine takes up a lot of space. So, the inventors of Braille came up
>> with contracted Braille or Grade II. Now, for those of you who are
>> actual Braille readers, just forget that you know about Grade 1-1/2 or
>> Grade III or Nemeth or Music or Computer Braille. I'm talkin' basics here.
>>
>> Most books are published in Contracted Braille. This involves several
>> types of contractions including, whole-word contractions, letter
>> contractions and so on. For example the letter h by itself stands for
>> the word have. there are contractions for various letter combinations, e.g.
>> th, wh, gh, er, ed, ation, ally, tion, and so on. By using these
>> contractions, Braille is reduced in size.
>>
>> As for the British spellings, yes, one should be made aware of this so
>> that one is not startled by surprize VS surprise, center VS centre, and
>> colour VS color. Speech synthes have no trouble reading this kind of
>> thing.
>>
>> Ann P.
>>
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