[duxuser] Re: Symbols
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 09:42:58 -0000
Which rather endorses my thoughts that the BANA and BAUK
committees should be locked in a room until they can finally
agree on a common English Code.
That said, the rest of us will probably have agreed our own
many hundreds of moons beforehand! (Smile)
George.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Flor
Lynch
> Sent: 30 November 2004 02:01
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: Symbols
>
> -----It's a pity that the US and UK Braille Authorities
> couldn't get together in this instance by adopting the
same
> computer braille code conventions (at least when in
literary
> braille). Did we need another barrier of confusion like
> this? I have seen both American and UK braille
publications
> with computer braille codes in them. The codes are indeed
> different!!! I thought we wrote much the same (English)
> language, whether in braille or print.
> Original Message -----
> From: <duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:45 AM
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: Symbols
>
>
> Hi Steve & Karina,
>
> The New BAUK rules with regard to e-mail and web addresses
> are going to be serious fun when they finally get
> implemented.
>
> 1) The recommended method is to transcribe using British
> Computer Braille with computer braille indicators.
>
> 2) One can optionally leave the BCB indicators out.
>
> 3) Then again, "simple" e-mail addresses may also be
> transcribed using Grade 1 literary braille to include the
> new commercial at sign.
>
> But whatever method you use, it must be used consistently
> throughout the document.
>
> When the full new rules are implemented, DBT's default
> "compinline" style will convert to the first option above.
> That can however be changed by the user.
>
> George.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Griffiths, Steve
> > Sent: 29 November 2004 10:55
> > To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [duxuser] Re: Symbols
> >
> > Karina,
> >
> > I don't know about the backslash, but I have seen people
> use
> > the [cbn] code before an email address and [txn] code
> after
> > it. This puts it into grade 1 and translates "@" as
"the".
> >
> > Steve
> >
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