[bksvol-discuss] Re: check marks in books
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:53:07 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, Debby
Cindy
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--- On Sat, 4/10/10, Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: check marks in books
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, April 10, 2010, 10:37 AM
> Hi Jamie and everyone!
>
> In braille, I have seen either an asterisk or a dash or two
> to take the place of a bullet which is either a checkmark or
> some other shaped bullet.
>
> I did a search on the web for "braille checkmark" and found
> a pdf file of some kind of lesson on transcribing special
> things like poetry and columns. Here is what it said
> about checkmarks.
>
> "When in print every item in a column or list is preceded
> by a star, a dark dot, or
> a check mark, in braille these bullets are ignored. If only
> certain items are marked
> or the columns have headings, see Rule 3, §5 and Rule 7,
> §1.c of Braille Formats."
>
> I am scanning a computer book called "upgrade your
> Life". Often, when it lists features of an application
> or ideas of how to use an application, there is a list with
> square bullets, which OpenBook ignores. Do I need to
> use a * or a dash or two, or is it okay to leave the lists
> as they are with no bullet indicator? Either way, the
> text makes sense to me.
>
> Also, a sort of related thing: when there is a path, in
> print there are funny bullets or symbols that are kind of
> like a 0 that is lying down with a little point at the top
> and bottom. OpenBook recognizes them as O, which I am
> replacing with -- as I have seen in the braille version of
> PC Computing.
>
> I just thought I'd throw the path thing in in case any of
> you run into this in the future if you are scanning a
> computer book.
>
> Debby
>
> At 11:44 AM 4/7/2010, Jamie Yates, CPhT wrote
> > If it is a checkmark that is just a list of things
> like bulleting then I use a * instead of the checkmark. I
> don't know if there is a braille symbol for a checkmark but
> I haven't ever heard of one.
> >
> > If it is a box that is checked with a checkmark then I
> put [box with a checkmark] instead of the symbol.
> >
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