[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question for Braille Readers
- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:30:36 -0500
I think that they should be double dashes as that is the standard that
is to be adhered to in Braille.
Cindy Lou Ray. Each day is a new adventure.
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From: "Allison Hilliker" <bookshare_girl@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 5:25 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question for Braille Readers
Sue, Thanks for the info. It's good to know how NLS does their
dashes. So,
then my next question is, what does everyone prefer? Should I create
double
dashes as NLS does, or simply leave things as is?
Either is fine with me as replacing em dashes won't take too much
time.
Best,
Allison
----- Original Message -----
From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 2:22 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question for Braille Readers
>
> Hi Allison,
>
> What the National Library Service does in their Braille books is to
> use
> two
> hyphens or dashes where the em dash would be. For example, in this
> word--word. But people have been leaving them as they appear in the
> book,
> and you are right, they translate to a single hyphen or dash. So
> when we
> do
> that, the hyphen or single dash and the em dash look the same.
>
> In Word, when I have a file with em dashes in it, they look like a
> capitalized dash or hyphen on my Braille display. It has dots 7 and
> 8, so
> it looks like dots 3, 6, and 8.
>
> HTH,
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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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