[bksvol-discuss] Re: Dealing with Photos & Captions
- From: Maria Kristic <maria6289@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:37:28 -0400
While the less-than and greater-than signs or so-called angle brackets <> and
curly braces {} *are not* translated correctly, the left and right square
brackets [] *are* translated correctly by Duxbury (i.e., the Braille translator
used by Bookshare). They appear as dot 3, dots 2-3-5-6, and dots 2-3-5-6, dot 6
respectively. IMHO, parentheses wouldn't be suitable, because they could appear
inside the actual text of the book, and asterisks are already being used to
indicate footnotes or to preserve blank lines that separate sections of a book.
As for Duxbury's translation of symbols which have no Grade 2 equivalent in to
actual words, and this also happens with symbols such as ^, \, and | appearing
as caret, backslash, and bar in addition to the one's Sue mentions, it's been a
peeve of mine with Duxbury ever since I've known about it; why they are not
represented in Computer Braille, where such symbols are facilitated, is beyond
me, it reeks havoc with back-translation to text because such symbols remain as
words rather than being converted to the proper symbol, and I simply shudder to
think how awfully BRF copies of programming books must appear! <sigh> ('tis why
I use DAISY for such things) The use of Duxbury annoyed me endlessly when I
used the BrailleNote, and I'm *so* glad that the PACMate uses some other
translator which properly displays these symbols in Computer Braille when
translating or displaying Grade 2 text!
Cheers,
Maria
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