[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question for Braille Readers
- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:39:47 -0700
Hi Allison,
My take on this may be a bit different than most Braille readers. I do not
feel it is a good idea to compromise the formatting of the print book for
the sake of Braille translation, especially when it is not absolutely
necessary to do so. We Braille readers know what is intended even when only
a single dash appears.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Allison Hilliker" <bookshare_girl@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 24, 2008 3:25 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
>
> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list
> of
> available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
>
>
> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list
> of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
>
>
To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of
available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of
available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
Other related posts:
