[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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