[bksvol-discuss] Re: M dash, how to make it?
- From: "Paula and James Muysenberg" <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2006 21:34:30 -0500
Jake,
I don't mean to prolong this discussion, but your post did bring one thing
to mind. Forgive me if this has already been mentioned, as I admit I don't open
all posts. I agree with you that most braille users will not be thrown off by
the mistranslated emdash. I am concerned, however, about students who may be
new to braille. Since Bookshare seems to especially want schools to sign up
their students, it seems reasonable that this problem needs to be addressed
soon.
If none of the existing braille translation software handles the emdash
properly, then there may not be a solution. Out of concern for students who use
braille, however, I do think Bookshare needs to try to find some kind of
work-around. I know funds are limited, but I hope Bookshare will not put this
issue on the back burner.
Paula
----- Original Message -----
From: Jake Brownell
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 2:47 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: M dash, how to make it?
Hi Evan,
Here is one final thought for you on em dashes, and then I think we've
hashed it out enough. *smile*.
When I make character swaps, I do them only if a char swap won't impact
either DAISY or BRF in a negative way. Changing all non standard quotes to the
normal quotation mark is helpful to Braille translation software, but has no
degredation to DAISY that I can see.
However changing an em dash into a completely different set of chars, say
a double dash, may be better for Braille, but not necessarily for DAISY. It
implies to the DAISY reader that this is how the author has written the book,
with two dashes rather than an em dash. And, do all TTS engines handle an em
dash and double dash in the same way? I'm betting that they don't. And that's
another possible drawback.
I would think Braille readers are more likely to know that an em dash
isn't translated correctly, than a DAISY reader knowing why an em dash isn't
used correctly.
Just food for thought....
Jake
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