[liblouis-liblouisxml] Re: The script indicator in UEB
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 Dec 2012 15:17:10 -0600
Hi Leona,
We will make it possible for liblouis to handle more than 4 emphasis
indicators. Just what form this will take is uncertain at the moment.
John
On Tue, Dec 04, 2012 at 07:53:58AM +1100, Leona Holloway wrote:
> Hi,
> We have been using UEB for the last seven years in Australia and in practice,
> the script indicator is very rarely used. I would actually think that the
> transcriber-defined typeform is more important for inclusion - it is also
> used very rarely but is more flexible and can be used to indicate script font
> as well as any other special typeforms.
> The symbols for the transcriber-defined typeform are:
> 4-3456-23 first transcriber-defined typeform symbol indicator
> 4-3456-2 first transcriber-defined typeform word indicator
> 4-3456-2356 first transcriber-defined typeform passage indicator
> 4-3456-3 first transcriber-defined typeform terminator
>
> Another change with typeform indicators in UEB is the way that they are
> applied across successive text elements. For example, if several paragraphs
> are shown in italics, the italics passage indicator is given at the start of
> each paragraph but the terminator is shown only at the end of the last
> paragraph. This even applies when some of the text elements are less than
> three words in length - the passage indicators are used rather than word
> indicators.
> Is it possible to implement this within liblouis?
>
> Thanks,
> Leona
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:liblouis-liblouisxml-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
> Sent: Tuesday, 4 December 2012 4:11 AM
> To: liblouis-liblouisxml@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [liblouis-liblouisxml] The script indicator in UEB
>
> Currently liblouis handles the following emphasis types, bold, italic
> underline and computer braille. Adding a script indicator would break
> backward compatibility. This is because, due to some choices made at the
> beginning (not mine), only four emphasis indicators can be accommodated.
> How important is the script indicator?
>
> Thanks,
> John
>
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