[bksvol-discuss] Re: superscripts
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2011 11:29:39 -0500
I write out the entire word as in 350 degrees F so as to not confuse a sighted
reader or someone using speech. It would never have occurred to me that dg was
degrees even though it now looks obvious.
A few more letters, but no one suffers confusion if it is written out.
Valerie
On Aug 15, 2011, at 12:39 AM, Kim Friedman wrote:
> Hi, Mike, when I was reading math books or cookbooks, the degree symbol
> would be written like this: dg350F. or 300DgF. I hope this helps. I
> don't know what the current symbol for degrees is in Braille. Regards,
> Kim Friedman.
>
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> If there are only two occurrences, I'd definitely use Jamie's
> technique. If there are many occurrences, such as in a math or
> chemistry textbook, I fix them to have the correct
> superscripts/subscripts.
>
> There is a degree symbol, so you shouldn't use a superscript o or 0 for
> that. Nemeth (math) braille also has a degree symbol, but I don't know
> if the bookshare converter knows to make the correct substitution.
>
> Misha
>
> On 8/14/2011 4:27 PM, Jamie Yates, CPhT wrote:
>> Ah, degrees symbols have to be converted to the words degrees.
>>
>> If you don't, the braille version of the book won't show it correctly.
>> At least that is my understanding from years of scanning cookbooks.
>>
>> I don't know about the ones that are like "to the third power" but
>> when I scan a book with that I write those out too.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jamie in Michigan
>>
>> Currently Reading: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
>>
>> See everything I've read this year at:
>> www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html
>> <http://www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html>
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