[bksvol-discuss] Re: New proofreading requirements: quotes, ellipses, and dashes

  • From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2014 13:00:47 -0400

I'm confused as to what to do with an elipsis followed by a period.  I was told 
to essentially put 4 dogs, ....  Are you changing that?

I have noticed that the em-dash that hasn't been converted to -- seems to show 
up in BRF files as -, which can be a bit confusing, so I always convert em-dash 
to --.  It may not matter in Daisy, but it seems to matter in BRF.
Tracy

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Madeleine Linares 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2014 12:41 PM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] New proofreading requirements: quotes, ellipses, 
and dashes


  Hi all, 

   

  As I've mentioned before we're doing some in-house testing about what the 
Bookshare converter can and cannot handle. It's been through many iterations 
and no one really knows exactly what it can or can't do (engineers included!). 
We want to make sure that volunteers and staff are all on the same page and 
aware of all changes as we learn about them. We're finally getting some answers 
and I wanted to share some things I learned below. Please feel free to contact 
me with questions.

   

  Ellipses: do NOT put a space before the ellipsis (no space between the word 
and the dots). Do NOT put a period after, and therefore do not put a space 
before the period. If there's a word after the ellipsis, please put a space 
between the last dot and the word. 

   

  Quotes: all quotes, smart or otherwise, are converted to simple quotes. No 
need to change them.

   

  Em-dashes are always converted to double dashes when going to Daisy. Double 
dashes are preserved as double dashes. Single dashes are preserved as single 
dashes. 

   

  This is all new information to me too, so I'm very glad I was able to ask 
about this stuff. Going forward, please use the above info when proofreading.

   

  Best, 

   

  Madeleine Linares

  Volunteer Coordinator

  Bookshare, a Benetech Initiative

  650-644-3459

  volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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