Très bien, Sue. Glad to know the tip about turning off Braille Grade 2. On 8/30/11 6:37 AM, "Sue Stevens" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Hi Scott, > >Thanks. I turned contracted Braille Grade 2 off in Jaws so I could see >your >symbols. They are like the ones I had when studying French. > >Sue S. > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Scott Rains >Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 6:55 PM >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice requested > >Is this helpful? > >Tilde lowercase a: >São (means "saint") > > >Acute accent lowercase a: >Páscoa (means "Easter") > >Acute accent lowercase o: >biológica (means "biological") > >Circumflex lowercase e: >Você (means "you"; formal usage) > >Circumflex lowercase o: >Econômica (means "economic") > >Umlaut lowercase u: >pingüim (means "penguin") > >Cedila lowercase c: >Orçamentos (means "budgets") > > > >On 8/29/11 3:52 PM, "Sue Stevens" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>Scott, would you please write a word such as San or Sao and put the >>symbol >>in so we can see what it should look like? >> >>Thanks, >>Sue S. >> >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Scott Rains >>Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 5:06 PM >>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice requested >> >>Kim, >> >>I'm occasionally in touch with the Brazilians working on digital book >>accessibility. Let me ask. I suspect that, as long as Word is using >>proper >>ASCII, the answer that Bob gave about using the virtual keyboard is going >>to be the right answer. >> >>Scott >> >>On 8/29/11 2:16 PM, "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>>Hi, Scott, how do I put that tilde you mention over the A? Do I turn on >>>the thumb keys and write an alt key with a number that represents the A >>>tilde? I know I have a tilde on the computer keyboard but am unsure how >>>to make that A tilde look good. Any advice I can get will be >>>appreciated. I think I have a message about circumflexes using the >>>Control key and something else. Thanks for the info Scott. You see, if I >>>were writing Braille, (not the Portuguese Braille, but standard Grade 2 >>>Braille) Any accented letter is marked with a dot 4 in a Braille cell. >>>For example, if I were writing "puree" (which in French would have an E >>>accent aigu over the first E), I would write "p-u-r-dot 4-e-e". So also, >>>if I were writing Sao Paulo in Braille, I'd write "dot 6 (capital letter >>>sign) s-dot 4-a-o dot 6-p-a-u-l-o". Regards, Kim Friedman. >>> >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Rains >>>Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 1:59 PM >>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice requested >>> >>> >>>Kim, >>> >>>InPortuguese you will most often find the tilde over a before o. For >>>example, San Franciso in English and Spanish is Sao - with a tilde over >>>the a - Francisco in Portuguese. Mano is Spanish is mao - with a tilde >>>over the a - in Portuguese. Circumflex will most often be over an o >>>occurring as the only vowel in a syllable. It would be very rare to find >>>umlauts in Portuguese. Even in the Linguistics Department in Brazil we >>>just ignored the umlaut in the word lingüística . >>> >>>Scott >>> >>>On 8/29/11 1:48 PM, "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> >>>>Hi, Bob, the problem is that I don't know what symbol is used in the >>>>print, so I can't know the appropriate accent mark to use. I don't know >>> >>>>if I should use a circumflex mark on the A, a grave, an acute accent, >>>>or an umlaut. (I'm pretty sure the umlaut isn't what I want.) Regards, >>>>Kim Friedman. >>>> >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob W >>>>Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 1:41 PM >>>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice requested >>>> >>>> >>>>What software/hardware are you using? >>>> >>>>If in some way you are using jaws (i.e. jaws with word) then you can >>>>press >>>>insert+4 (that's four on the numbers row) and you will get a list of >>>>characters to choose from. >>>> >>>>Press enter on the character that meets your needs. >>>> >>>>The three a characters you get are: á Á and æ. >>>> >>>>Hope this helps. >>>> >>>>p.s. even if you're using a program like kurzweil or openbook to proof >>>>with, there are ways to get these characters into those programs. Just >>>>let us know. >>>> >>>>Bob >>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>>Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 3:13 PM >>>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Advice requested >>>> >>>> >>>>Hi, I'm proofreading a science fiction book. I'm reading the second >>>>story in the anthology. Part of the story takes place in Brazil. >>>>There's a discussion of Sao Paulo. The advice I need is how to put in >>>>the correct accent mark for the A in Sao Paulo (Paulo doesn't use an >>>>accent mark. I know how to write it in Braille, but I don't know which >>>>ASCII character to use for the A in Sao. Please write me back as I wish >>> >>>>this to look right. Many thanks for the help. Regards, Kim Friedman. >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>>>bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>>put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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