[bksvol-discuss] Re: dashes
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:03:57 -0700 (PDT)
My book is 807 pages--but a global replace of an em
dash with two hyphens would do it easily.
However, the general feeling seems to be to retain the
em dashes, so I guess I will until we hear differently
from the administrators.
The book I'm validating now, printed in 1946 (13th
printing) but originall in 1942, not only as hyphens
and em dashes but, at the end of some sentences, three
em dashes. It will be interesting to see, if any of
you decide to read it when it finally gets into the
collection, what they sound like or look like in
Braille.
Cindy
--- Julia Kulak <julia.kulak@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.
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> >>
> >
> >
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