Bob, on my Braille display that symbol looks like a backslash almost,
with a dot 8 added. I would not have recognized it as an elipsis.
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Bob W <mailto:rwiley45@xxxxxxxxxxx>
*To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Thursday, May 27, 2010 9:50 AM
*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ellipses
If it translates right it should look like this: ... extended ansi
character 8230.
However, when I read it with JAWS jaws says nothing. If this were a
major problem for me, I would make jaws say elipsis by way of the
dictionary. You could do the same thing for most braille displays.
Notetakers might be a different proposition.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Jill O'Connell <mailto:jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
*To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Thursday, May 27, 2010 9:23 AM
*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ellipses
If you know what the symbol is I would be happy to try this as I
have a braille display. I too had Kurzweil recognize this once and
say elipsis instead of dot, dot, dot.
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Melissa Smith <mailto:mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
*To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Thursday, May 27, 2010 4:37 AM
*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ellipses
Just wondering if the Braille conversion tool would recognize
an ellipses as such if we used the actual symbol for an
ellipses instead of the 3 periods together. I've noticed that
my screen reader will sometimes say ellipses and sometimes
just say dot dot dot. I'm thinking that if the Braille
conversion tool would recognize the actual ellipses, it would
be displayed correctly in Braille and print and work for
everybody. Perhaps this is something that needs to be checked
with engineering to know for sure.
Melissa Smith
On 5/27/2010 12:12 AM, Susan wrote:
Hi Jill,
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The question is, how do we format books to be the most
correct for everyone? I know this sounds opinionated, and I'm
sorry, but I'm not sure this is always possible to achieve in
one book. For example, if we format correctly for braille,
(such as in the ellipses we've been discussing forever),
perhaps a dyslexic reader is not getting his or her needs
(which are just as important) met? What is the answer, I wish
I knew. Thanks for letting me vint everyone! Are you feeling
any differently about working with us, Scott? Sure do hope not.
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Susan, The Questioning Proofer
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