[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question for Braille Readers
- From: "Kathy Hester" <kathyruth@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:57:14 -0500
Oh, OK. Thanks, Mary.
Kathy
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From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 10:40 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question for Braille Readers
Hi Kathy,
I think that in print the em dash is not supposed to have
spaces surrounding it. Some books have the extra spaces to keep
margins justified. I think that is what G. Cindy and Jamie said in the
past.
Peace,
Mayrie
At 08:23 PM 3/24/2008, you wrote:
>They have a space on each side of them, I think, but I'd recommend just
>leaving them alone. Most of us Braille readers are used to seeing them
>that
>way by now, I expect. Braille usually doesn't have spaces before or after
>the dashes, but I think that's largely for space conservation.
>
>Kathy
>
>
>
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>From: "Allison Hilliker" <bookshare_girl@xxxxxxx>
>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 3:39 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question for Braille Readers
>
>
>Hi everyone,
>
>Quick question for Braille-readers. I do read Braille myself, but I've
>never paid attention to this issue before. I'm validating a book with a
>lot
>of em dashes. They look like this. - They usually connect two words like
>this. word1-word2. They do not usually have spaces around them. In the
>past I have left them as is in the books I validate.
>
>My question is, should I be doing anything special with the em dashes in
>order to make them easily read in Braille? I've never known there to be a
>special Braille character for the em dash, but there may be one. Does it
>just look
>like a regular dash, or something else? Do they appear with spaces around
>them or not? Would most of you prefer me to add spaces, change the em
>dashes to regular dashes, leave them alone, or something else?
>
>Thanks for any feedback you can give.
>
>Best,
>
>Allison
>
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