Catherine, Marie and others,
Would a search for all spaces followed by an apostrophe locate all the
potential errors? Or does it sometimes occur within a word?
Debby Lieberman
On Feb 27, 2021, at 6:39 AM, Marie O'Neil <marieo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Yes! I noticed that a couple of years ago. For me it seems too only happen
when it’s something like ‘59 Chevy. Of course it was a book about NASCAR so
every other word was like that.
Marie O’Neil
Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 27, 2021, at 3:13 AM, Catherine Thomas <braille@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:* * *
Hi, wveryone,
I would like to alert all transcribers to a problem that seems to be
increasing. In many braille documents the apostrophe is being represented by
multi-cell dot combinations instead of the standard braille dot 3. I would
urge all trannscribers (particularly those using MSWord to review your
braille before embossing it to be sure this is not happening. It may take
extra time, but I would also encourage transcriibers to replace any
multi-cell symbolswith the standard apostrophe (dot 3) which braille readers
expect to encounter. There are several reasons to do this. The multi-cell
symbols take extra space, clutter the document, and, most importantly, make
the document harder to read.
There are many other commonsense things transcribers can do to reduce the
extra stress and clutter that Unified English Braille has brought to the
livees of braille readers buut for now let's stick with restandizing the
apostrophe. If there is anything Duxbury can do to expedite this, it would
be appreciated.
As a lifelong braille reader, thanks for your cooperaation.
Catherine
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