Hi Juliia, As it says in Little Bo Peep, "Leave them alone." <smile> Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Kulak" <julia.kulak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 12:34 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: dashes Oh no! So now I have to change all those retarded m dashes in that great big seven hundred page book! Is that correct? Julia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 6:24 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: dashes > Oh--then we should use two dashes rather than the em > dash, I guess. Thanks for telling me. I'll change my > habits right now, starting with the book I'm > validating now. > > Cindy > > --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> No, the em dash doesn't translate properly into >> Braille, at least not the >> way Bookshare does it. The convention for Braille is >> to use two hyphens for >> the em dash, but for some reason Bookshare's Braille >> translator just puts in >> one hyphen. >> >> Evan >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Jamie Yates, CPhT >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:51 PM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: dashes >> >> >> I just wanted to make sure that the em dash >> correctly translates into >> Braille. I know not all characters do. And I know >> that there was recent >> discussion about it but I have to confess I really >> didn't pay enough >> attention to it. >> >> I figured I could look it up in the manual. Some >> books use tons of em >> dashes. >> >> >> Jamie in Michigan >> Currently Reading - Loyalty in Death - J.D. Robb >> $10 Off Any Purchase at 39DollarGlasses! (discount >> applied at checkout) >> > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > 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.