[bksvol-discuss] Re: double quotes appearing as single quotes
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 01:05:26 -0700 (PDT)
Pratik,
I don't see on my keyboard anything to differentiate a
single quote from an apostrophe. I only see a mark
underneath the double quotation mark which I use for
both. Is there something else I shold be finding?
Cindy R
--- Pratik Patel <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Braille formatting has no problem with properly
> converting single quote
> characters, so long as they are proper ASCII single
> quotes and not stand-in
> apostrophes. If apostrophes appear where single
> quotation symbols should
> be, then braille conversion will not be correct.
> You are absolutely right
> that a global replace presents incredible
> challenges. Automatic braille
> conversion isn't smart enough to take care of this
> kind of difficulty at
> this time.
>
> Regards,
>
> Pratik
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Grandma Cindy
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 3:15 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: double quotes
> appearing as single quotes
>
> Scott,
>
> I hope you're wrong about how they come out in BRF
> format, because I've done at least 4 books that way
> that I can think of--no, five or six that I
> remember.
>
> Do you read in Braille? If so, download the most
> recent ones like that I validated, Blood Royal
> and/or
> Transit of Venus (Did you scan and submit that one?
> I
> can't remember) and see how they came out. If they
> don't read properly, then we need to know that, and
> also need to know from the officials what to do. A
> global change would make apostrophes also double
> quotes.
>
> Cindy R
>
>
>
> --- Scott Blanks <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Cindy,
> >
> > Yep, English author. And published within the past
> > 15 years. I would have no
> > problem leaving things as they are, but I don't
> > believe it will come out
> > well in the Braille format. I'm hoping someone can
> > comment on this concern.
> >
> > I've converted what I've scanned into the rtf
> > format, and the quotes are
> > still appearing as single quotes or apostrophes.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 12:01 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: double quotes
> > appearing as single quotes
> >
> >
> > > Scott,
> > >
> > > Is this a book written by an English as opposed
> to
> > an
> > > American author? The English do it that way.
> They
> > > also, I've seen in books I've validated, omit
> the
> > > period we put after titles like Mr., and put
> > > punctuation marks outside quotation marks
> instead
> > of
> > > inside, as we do. Some of that may depend on
> when
> > the
> > > book was published, but I'm not sure.
> > >
> > > To find out more about the differences, as well
> as
> > an
> > > interesting take on grammar and punctuation, I
> > > recommend Eats Shoots and Leaves, which is in
> the
> > > collection. It's an amusing book.
> > >
> > > Which reminds me, spelling differs, too, z being
> > used
> > > in words like amusing instead of s.
> > >
> > > When I validate a book like that, I don't change
> > > anything but I do put in the long synopsis that
> > the
> > > book used English rather than American spelling
> > and
> > > punctuation.
> > >
> > > Grandma Cindy
> > >
> > >
> > > --- Scott Blanks <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >> Hello all,
> > >>
> > >> I'm using Openbook to scan a novel. Where
> dialog
> > >> appears in the book,
> > >> Openbook is identifying what should be double
> > quotes
> > >> at the beginning and
> > >> end of spoken passages as single quotes. I'm
> > >> concerned that all of these
> > >> single quotes will have to be converted to the
> > >> proper quotation marks. Am I
> > >> correct in this assumption, and if so, is there
> > an
> > >> easy way to do this? Or
> > >> another thought ... is there a scanning setting
> I
> > >> can adjust within Openbook
> > >> so the inaccurate marks will be seen properly?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Scott
> > >>
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