[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fractions in bookshare files for Braille readers
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 20 Jun 2010 22:38:13 -0700
Hi Roger,
Your screen reader is not going to say 11/2 if there is a space between the
1's in the fraction 1 1/2. I think the space is fine. It just isn't always
put in by proofreaders.
Mayrie
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Like I said, with a screen reader putting a space only between the whole
number and the fraction can make it unclear whether what is being read is
one and a half or eleven halves. A hyphen would work for me at least. That
does not adhere strictly to the print copy though, so I am not quite sure it
is allowed.
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From: "Maureen Pranghofer" <maureensmusic@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fractions in bookshare files for Braille
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> Hi
> I know in Braille it is 1 1/2 buteven with the space I'vehad scanned
> fractions come up saying 11/2 (eleven half), would putting in a hyphon
> or dash work?
> Maureen
>
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>> In print one and a half is written 1 1/2. There is a space between
>> the whole number and the fraction. When listening to that with a
>> screen reader, though, it is not always apparent that the space is
>> there unless one slows down the screen reader to spell it out. I
>> suppose in a recipe it is not likely that one will come across eleven
>> halves, but other fractions may not be so apparent. That makes me
>> wonder if it would be good to come up with some way to seperate the
>> whole number from the fraction so that a screen reader would read the
seperation.
>>
>>
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>>
>> "Socialism is an attack on poverty." - W. E. B. Du Bois
>>
>>
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>> http://www.themilitant.com
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>> http://www.pathfinderpress.com
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>> http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Sunday, June 20, 2010 5:04 AM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fractions in bookshare files for
>> Braille readers
>>
>>
>>> Hi, Pam I would write 1/2 or 1/4 or 1-1/8. When I see fractions, the
>>> slash goes between the numerator and the denominator without spaces.
>>> Hope this helps. Regards, Kim Friedman. P.S.: One of my pet peeves
>>> is seeing a mixed fraction (such as 1-1/2 being written 1 1/2. K.
>>>
>>> _____
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>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pamela
>>> Hoffard
>>> Sent: Saturday, June 19, 2010 6:13 PM
>>> To: book list
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fractions in bookshare files for Braille
>>> readers
>>>
>>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm coming across a bunch of fractions for recipes in the book that
>>> I'm proofing. For Braille readers, is the 1 / 2 format better than
>>> the symbol 1 over 2 in one individual space (sorry I can't make this
>>> symbol in e-mail).
>>> Any preference?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your thoughts,
>>>
>>> Pam
>>>
>>>
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