Actually, what my screen reader says is one one slash two. It does frequently read a string of digits as digits instead of as a single number. For example, 1917 is often read as one nine one seven rather than nineteen seventeen or one thousand nine hundred seventeen and that can sometimes lead to uncertainty unless I slow it down and make it read one character at a time. That is why it seems to me that a hyphen would remove that uncertainty. Let me add, though, that I do not have much interest in recipe books. Nevertheless, I have proofread some because they seemed to be pretty easy. It was later that I learned on this list that the fractions can be messed up by the OCR and those errors are not necessarily readily apparent. So since I am not particularly interested in them anyway I stopped proofreading recipe books. It does worry me, though, that the ones I did proofread might now be in the collection with false information in them.
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Hi Roger,Your screen reader is not going to say 11/2 if there is a space between the 1's in the fraction 1 1/2. I think the space is fine. It just isn't alwaysput in by proofreaders. Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran BaileySent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 5:53 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fractions in bookshare files for Braille readers Like I said, with a screen reader putting a space only between the whole number and the fraction can make it unclear whether what is being read is one and a half or eleven halves. A hyphen would work for me at least. Thatdoes not adhere strictly to the print copy though, so I am not quite sure itis allowed. _ _ _ "Socialism is an attack on poverty." - W. E. B. Du Bois The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen Pranghofer" <maureensmusic@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 8:27 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fractions in bookshare files for Braille readersHi I know in Braille it is 1 1/2 buteven with the space I'vehad scanned fractions come up saying 11/2 (eleven half), would putting in a hyphon or dash work? Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 11:00 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fractions in bookshare files for Braille readersIn print one and a half is written 1 1/2. There is a space between the whole number and the fraction. When listening to that with a screen reader, though, it is not always apparent that the space is there unless one slows down the screen reader to spell it out. I suppose in a recipe it is not likely that one will come across eleven halves, but other fractions may not be so apparent. That makes me wonder if it would be good to come up with some way to seperate the whole number from the fraction so that a screen reader would read theseperation._ _ _ "Socialism is an attack on poverty." - W. E. B. Du Bois The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press: http://www.pathfinderpress.com Granma International: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 5:04 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fractions in bookshare files for Braille readersHi, Pam I would write 1/2 or 1/4 or 1-1/8. When I see fractions, the slash goes between the numerator and the denominator without spaces. Hope this helps. Regards, Kim Friedman. P.S.: One of my pet peeves is seeing a mixed fraction (such as 1-1/2 being written 1 1/2. K. _____ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pamela Hoffard Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 6:13 PM To: book list Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fractions in bookshare files for Braille readers Hey all, I'm coming across a bunch of fractions for recipes in the book that I'm proofing. For Braille readers, is the 1 / 2 format better than the symbol 1 over 2 in one individual space (sorry I can't make this symbol in e-mail). Any preference? Thanks for your thoughts, Pam __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5210 (20100619) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.comTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a listof available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5212 (20100620) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus signature database 5212 (20100620) __________ The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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