Well, you've convinced me. smile Unless bookshare
compains, I'll convert em dashes to double-hyphens
instead of vice versa.
Question: in Braille, is the dash used for the em dash
surrounded by a space, as between regular words and as
opposed to a hyphen which has no space between it and
the words on either side? Example: -
Or do the spaces not appear? Could you replace
spacedashspace with double dashes without spaces?
Cindy
--- Mayrie ReNae <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Cindy,
>
> The problem is that there aren't any em
> dashes in the brf
> files, so you can't convert them to anything. They
> aren't
> there. All braille readers see where there is
> supposed to be an em
> dash, otherwise referred to as a long dash, is a
> single hyphen. If
> you want a braille reader to see an em dash, you
> need to convert it
> to two hyphens side by side. And when reading with
> speech, the
> double hyphens present no differently than an em
> dash. In my
> opinion, everybody wins with double hyphens. And
> I'm sure that you
> remember that when we had to use type writers, the
> double hyphen is
> how we had to represent the em dash.
>
> There is the argument that says not to
> deviate from the
> printed text. For the most part, I agree with this
> whole-heartedly. Not in this instance. Can you, as
> a sighted reader,
> easily distinguish between two hyphens side by side
> And the em
> dash? Would the difference lessen your
> understanding of the book, or
> your pleasure? There is a world of difference
> between a hyphen,
> which is all the braille readers see when the em
> dash is used, and
> the long dash that they see when two hyphens are
> used. The
> difference does indeed make a difference in the
> interpretation of the
> text. And I certainly don't want children to read
> books and think
> that an em dash is represented by a hyphen and try
> to use that in
> their own writing, not when I can keep the confusion
> from
> happening. Okay, I'm done soap boxing. because we
> are all free to
> choose, I respect whatever choices people make.
>
> Peace,
> Mayrie
>
> At 01:31 PM 3/6/2008, you wrote:
> >Can em dashes be converted to double dashes for
> your
> >reading pleasure after you've downloaded a book? As
> a
> >validator I've been converted all double dashes and
> >single dashes that aren't hyphens to em dashes.
> Quite
> >a few books already have em dashes appropriately,
> >lately.
> >
> >G. Cindy
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