The "braille order" chart is listed in the Rules of UEB, 1.1.2. There's a
system to it, but it's normal to have to refer back to the chart rather than
memorizing it all.
Putting items in braille order is similar to putting words in alphabetical
order. You take the first cell of the symbol and put it in order according to
the chart, so for example an opening parenthesis (dots 5, 126) goes before an
opening square bracket (dots 46, 126). The opening cells of both are in line 7
of the chart, but dot 5 comes before dots 46.
If multiple symbols start with the same initial cell, you compare the second
cell. The circumflex (dots 45, 146) and the umlaut (dots 45, 25) start with
the same braille cell, but the second cell of the circumflex appears in line 4,
while the second cell of the umlaut appears in line 5, so the circumflex comes
first in braille order.
Sometimes you have to go to the third symbol, as with a transcriber-defined
typeform. The indicator for a passage in the first transcriber-defined
typeform is dots 4, 3456, 2356, and the terminator is dots 4, 3456, 3.
Comparing the third cell on the braille order chart, the passage indicator
comes before the terminator.
That's all there is too it! It's just a matter of carefully comparing braille
symbols and referring back to the braille order chart.
Other things to keep in mind:
Symbols should generally be listed the way they are in the Rules of UEB, with
some exceptions (e.g. a transcriber-defined typeform is defined by what it's
doing in that volume, rather than "first transcriber-defined typeform")
Braille Formats Appendix G has information about which symbols to include on
the special symbols page. (There are some symbols that BF says "may" be
included, which for the purposes of the course I would interpret as "should" be
included.)
Rules of UEB pdf:
https://www.iceb.org/Rules%20of%20Unified%20English%20Braille%202013.pdf
Anna Werner
Braillist
State Services for the Blind
St. Paul, Minnesota
she/her
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Hi,
I would also love to know what the order of those should be if anyone can
explain it succinctly?
Jeanie
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx On Behalf Of Chela Robles
Sent: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 4:17 PM
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Subject: [duxuser] Help Understanding Braille Order for Special Symbols Page
for T Pages
Greetings,
I am trying to understand, or rather fully grasp the understanding of braille
order when it comes to the special symbols page, usually T2 of a volume in a
braille book. I am having to do my third attempt on lesson 19, which has to
deal with this selection called the house, the history of the House of
Representatives by Robert V. Remini. Anyway, I did everything else correctly
and I was wondering if it's OK if someone can proofread the tea pages to make
sure I did everything correctly as far as formatting goes and my teacher told
me that my symbols page was out of order. Totally confused can someone set me
straight off list, if interested in helping me grasp the understanding of this,
can you privately email me so I can send you what I have? My email address is:
cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx I just don't feel comfortable sending my document to the
entire group for fear of people accusing me of cheating when I'm not. I've been
accused of that quite a lot today. I'm just trying to und
erstand that's all to try to understand a concept is not considered cheating
in my opinion.
Thank you so much for your help
Sincerely,
Chela Robles.
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