May I, as a braille transcriber, inject a note here? In braille the
ellipsis is three consecutive dots: 3,3,3 and is spaced just like a
word. The problem of an ellipsis at the end of a sentence is
determining which period (in print) is the sentence ending and which
is the ellipse. They are the same symbol in print. The period would
be shown in braille as dots 2,5,6. This is often a judgement call
for the transcriber.
Sometimes an ellipsis is shown in braille as dots 2,5,6 2,5,6 2,5,6
usually separated by spaces. This is one of the imperfections of all
computer translation programs that I know of. To the program a
period is a period is a period.
If I encounter such false ellipses when validating a .brf file, I
change them to a genuine braille ellipsis.
Hope I haven't muddied any waters.
Charlie
Hi, Cindy. No. In braille and in print, ellipses are used in the same way. It just doesn't look right in braille if the periods are spaced apart, as apparently they are in print, but in braille, they're not. In braille, there is no space between one word, the ellipses and the next word, so you'd right a word...then the next word. Take care. Julie Morales inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email): mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx
