[bksvol-discuss] Re: Questions about brackets, Braille translation, and multiple spaces between words
- From: "Jared Wright" <wright.jaredm@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:10:34 -0500
The issue of brackets is, well, a bit convolluted to be sure. I'd say for
guaranteed success in all circumstances, use parentheses. They're close enough
and are far more consistent from translator to translator. While some
applications utilize them in grade two settings, the Braille symbols you cited
for brackets are actually part of Nemith code, which isn't applicable for most
of Bookshare's material. I don't have a definitive answer, but I can suggest
that you fall back on parentheses, as they're more consistent all around and,
from my vantage point, don't have any offsetting disadvantages.
Jared
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From: Maria Kristic
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2006 11:55
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Questions about brackets, Braille translation, and
multiple spaces between words
Hi all,
In reading some of the recent messages on-list, I, as someone new, have a few
questions.
1.. First, about brackets. Someone mentioned that brackets didn't appear in
Braille copies of books. As there is a Grade 2 Braille equivalent for a
bracket, albeit two cells long (dot 6, dots 2-3-5-6 for an opening bracket and
dots 2-3-5-6, dot 3 for a closing one), I'm wondering, what does the Braille
translation software used by Bookshare do to them? I would think that, since
there is a Braille character for them, they are translated correctly, but
apparently, that's not the case? What's done to them, then? Are they converted
in to words, as in the words "left bracket" or "right bracket"? I know that
Duxbury will convert symbols with no Grade 2 equivalents to words rather than
leaving them in Computer Braille, and I can't even begin to tell you how much
that irritates me (for instance, a \ symbol would appear in a BRF file as
literally the word "backslash" (without the quotes)), but I just checked with
it, and even Duxbury translates them correctly, which is making me wonder? If
no one knows for sure, can someone please point me to a book which they know
should, in theory, contain brackets, so that I can take a look to see for
myself? I ask because I used them in Girl in the Shadows, so I want to know
whether anything out of the ordinary happens with them; this way, I can decide
whether I should be worried about this issue or not.
2.. Second, out of curiosity, does anyone happen to know which Braille
translation software Bookshare uses? If something strange is indeed happening
to brackets, I'm wondering which translator exhibits this odd behavior?
3.. Finally, I'm wondering about the issue someone mentioned about words
with multiple spaces between them. I thought I'd read on this list before that
the software which converts books to BRF and DAISY converts all multiple spaces
in to one (someone was told, therefore, not to indent paragraphs), so I'm
confused. If the software converts all multiple, consecutive spaces to one, how
can there still be words with multiple spaces between them? Does this stripping
of spaces take place only in specific places, such as the beginning/end of a
page, the beginning of a sentence, or somewhere else?
Thanks much to anyone who can clarify this for me, and hope all of you have a
happy holiday season!
Regards,
Maria
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