Happy as always to receive critical feedback from global experts! I know of
the changes from ICEB on the apostrophe and always thought them
appropriate.
Doubling Susan's perspective we know we can't rely on software to do all
things for us. This only means we still have to know the proper rules, even
as software seems to demand we focus on it and its idiosyncrasies instead.
Best,
_don [image: ]
On Sat, Feb 27, 2021 at 9:14 PM Riessen, Kathy (SA School for Vision
Impaired) <Kathleen.Riessen440@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Well said Susan.
Below is a link to an online workshop held last year on just this topic as
well as relevant reading material.
http://brailleaustralia.org/about-braille/transcription/#quotes
We have recorded the processes listed as macros. One of the most useful as
a sighted transcriber is the use of colour to highlight the different
characters which helps to determine if the correct symbol has been used in
Word to ensure accurate translation in DBT.
Kathy
Braille Transcription | Australian Braille Authority
<http://brailleaustralia.org/about-braille/transcription/#quotes>
The Australian Braille Authority supports braille transcription in
Australia through its Guidelines and workshops. Refer also to our materials
on braille formatting and using the Duxbury Braille Translator.ABA
recommends DBT for professional braille transcription, however Braille
Blaster is the best software available for free.. For a list of
organisations offering braille transcription ...
brailleaustralia.org
Kathy Riessen
ICEB Code Maintenance Officer,
Coordinator Accessible Format Production
South Australian School for Vision Impaired
Tel: 08 8277 5255
Email: Kathleen.Riessen440@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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*From:* duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on
behalf of Susan Jolly <easjolly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Sunday, 28 February 2021 14:24
*To:* duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Subject:* [duxuser] Re: Beware The Apostrophe
The root cause of this problem is that English print does not use different
characters for an apostrophe and for the semantically distinct right
single
quote whereas English braille does. This statement is true whether or not
the print document is using so-called "smart" quotes. The solution
requires
identifying the print semantics but there are not to my knowledge any
algorithms that can always correctly do so. There are various heuristics
that work fairly well. It should be feasible to develop a simple app that
could be applied to a print document that works rather like a spell checker
in that it saves human time by only querying a human when it is uncertain.
Susan Jolly
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