Hi Marie and all,
This is an odd one that I come across regularly. I agree that the apostrophe is
brailled before the numeric prefix where an apostrophe precedes a number. And
when I type '59 on my keyboard it comes out as dot 3 on my braille display. But
when I read your comment the braille display reads your apostrophe as dot 6,
dots 2 3 6 - a single opening inner quotation mark. Maybe the fault lies in how
the keyboard / computer interprets the typed apostrophe. Just a thought.
Paul
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of
Marie O'Neil
Sent: Saturday, 27 February 2021 13:40
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: Beware The Apostrophe
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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