[bksvol-discuss] Re: ellipsis
- From: "Paula and James Muysenberg" <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 09:18:31 -0600
Hi, Scott,
You may want to consider leaving ellipses the way you find them, rather
than taking out spaces. The reason I say this is that I've run into the
opposite problem Jana mentioned. When I read a text file on my Braille Lite,
using View in Grade 2 mode, ellipses are not translated properly unless the
spaces are there. Since it sounds like various braille translators may
handle ellipses differently, it might be best not to change them.
Just a thought. Paula
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 1:12 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ellipsis
> Hey there Jana and Cindy,
>
> Thanks to both of you for your input. So, I plan to find and eliminate
all
> the spaces in any ellipsis I find from this point on. As has been
> mentioned, Braille always has those three periods together, so I'll get
rid
> of them now in order to avoid any potential trouble.
>
> Thanks again,
> Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 4:00 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ellipsis
>
>
> > Hi, Scott and Cindy! I've heard two schools of thought on this. <Smile>
> > Basically, it doesn't seem to matter, one way or the other. However,
just
> > as an FYI, in Braille, it looks much better to eliminate the spaces,
even
> > though they are included in the print edition. That's the way they are
> > translated. However, the Braille translation software doesn't always
> > translate them correctly when the spaces are included. Sorry if this
> > doesn't make sense... It's 3 A.M. my time! <Smile> Take care!
> >
> > Jana
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 2:37 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ellipsis
> >
> >
> >> Scott,
> >>
> >> Technically, there should be a space between each of
> >> the dots. If the ellipses comes at the end of a
> >> complete sentence, the three spaced dots come after
> >> the period.
> >>
> >> In some books there seem to be no dots, but that may
> >> be because the font is small and they're there but it
> >> just doesn't seem like it. In most books the spaces
> >> are there. I just looked in one and the spaces are
> >> there.
> >>
> >> Cindy
> >>
> >>
> >> -- Scott Blanks <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi all,
> >>>
> >>> I'm currently scanning a book which makes frequent
> >>> use of the ellipsis, i.e. three periods. My
> >>> question is simply this: how does an ellipsis appear
> >>> in print? Is it three periods together, three
> >>> periods with spaces between, or something else? In
> >>> this novel, when the ellipsis appears, the Openbook
> >>> program will put it one way in one instance, and a
> >>> different way the next time it appears.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for your assistance,
> >>> Scott Blanks
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> >>
> >>
> >>
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