[bksvol-discuss] Re: British and U.S. spelling of words
- From: "Sue Stevens" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2012 19:45:50 -0600
It seems that getting so many results would be a drain on the search
engines.
Sue S.
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From: Madeleine Linares
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 4:49 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: British and U.S. spelling of words
Hi all,
Just a reminder: if you use the regular/general search rather than the
advanced search, you won't have the problem with English US vs English
UK...There will likely be many more results, but you can put in the title as
well as the author into that search bar, which narrows things down a lot.
I know this isn't an ideal solution, but I've found the general search to be
very useful, especially when you know the title and author.
Best,
Madeleine Linares
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sue Stevens
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 11:42 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: British and U.S. spelling of words
Oh, yes, Roger, I do wish Bookshare would combine British and US. Then we
would not have to choose in our preferences. It would save wear and tear on
the search engines too, because if one chooses US English as a preference,
one cannoot see books with British spelling and punctuation when using
advanced search. Quick search returns way too many choices.
Sue S.
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From: Roger Loran Bailey
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2012 10:56 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: British and U.S. spelling of words
To make it short, the Braille reader will be able to tell British spelling
from American spelling just as well as a print reader can tell the
difference. Let me add that the problem with Bookshare is that it treats
British and American English as if they were different languages.
The simple fact is that they are the same language that differ from one
another a lot less than dialects within a lot of languages do. Anyone who
can read one can read the other, whether the reader is reading in Braille or
not. That makes a strong argument for me that they should be combined on
Bookshare.
On 11/27/2012 9:33 AM, Ann Parsons wrote:
Hi all,
Cindy, you are right that Braille is contracted when books are published.
Braille comes in two basic forms: contracted and uncontracted.
Uncontracted Braille, what we old-timers used to call Grade I, is a
letter for letter transcription of print. this, form, as you might
imagine takes up a lot of space. So, the inventors of Braille came up
with contracted Braille or Grade II. Now, for those of you who are
actual Braille readers, just forget that you know about Grade 1-1/2 or
Grade III or Nemeth or Music or Computer Braille. I'm talkin' basics
here.
Most books are published in Contracted Braille. This involves several
types of contractions including, whole-word contractions, letter
contractions and so on. For example the letter h by itself stands for
the word have. there are contractions for various letter combinations,
e.g.
th, wh, gh, er, ed, ation, ally, tion, and so on. By using these
contractions, Braille is reduced in size.
As for the British spellings, yes, one should be made aware of this so
that one is not startled by surprize VS surprise, center VS centre, and
colour VS color. Speech synthes have no trouble reading this kind of
thing.
Ann P.
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