[bksvol-discuss] Re: m dash

  • From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:48:56 -0500

Hi, Pam!  The M-dash should be represented by two dashes in Btraille.  Are
you saying that no dash is represented at all when the books are translated
into Braille?  I've read a llot of Braille books from Bookshare, and
sometimes the long dashes are there, and sometimes they aren't.

Jana

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pam Quinn" <quinns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2004 3:05 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] m dash


> In most of the books that I scan, I notice what says it's an m dash.
> It should be the double dash, but this "m dash" when translated to
> braille just shows the two words without a space or dash or anything
> between them. Is there an m dash on the keyboard, and would I replace
> it with two dashes, or would there be a space before and after the two
> dashes?
>
> Pam
>
>
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