[duxuser] Re: How-to transcribe greater-than or equal to
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2011 13:49:49 -0000
I'm glad you mentioned the need for BAUK and BANA to address these
issues, Bernard. Duxbury doesn't make the braille rules, it just has
to do its best to follow them.
I'm sure Susan Christensen, also on this list, will be making notes to
raise with BANA.
I shall also be asking UKAAF the same questions.
By the way, BAUK is not more. It has been merged into UKAAF - The
United Kingdom Association for Alternative Formats -
http://www.ukaaf.org/. I would seriously encourage English (British)
braille producers to consider joining UKAAF. Thankfully the current
structure of UKAAF is extremely aware that we are in the computer
aware 21st Century, and that if braille is to survive, and be produced
quickly and economically (which is not the same as "cheaply"!), it
must take computerised transcription into account.
George.
-----Original Message-----
From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bernard Knight
Sent: 29 January 2011 10:30
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: How-to transcribe greater-than or equal to
Good morning Catherine,
I totally agree with you something should be done with regards these
kind of
symbols.
This week I had the word "@tractive" to deal with. I used dot 4 dots
2346
followed by an explanatory note.
If these print symbols are going to be used we really do need some
rules and
regulations from BAUK and BANA etc to ensure consistency and avoid the
use
of lots of explanatory notes.
Best wishes,
Bernard Knight
bknight@xxxxxxxxxxx
Louis Braille was born on 4 January 1809 and died 6 January 1852.
No one man has done more for Blind people than Louis Braille.
Thank you Louis!
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From: "Catherine Thomas" <braille@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "duxuser-freelists.org" <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 8:51 AM
Subject: [duxuser] Re: How-to transcribe greater-than or equal to
>
>
> This has been a problem with the Duxbury software for a long time.
There
> has been no definitive decision on what to do with phrases like the
> young@heart senior center, or when some joker decides that that the
> greater-than/less-than sign makes a visually appealing print
parenthesis.
> Until a way is found to integrate computer code symbols into
non-computer
> code text, I would choose a symbol (probably 46, 13 for the equals
sign
> 456, 126 and 456, 345 for the greater-than and less-than signs. I
would
> make note of these symbols on a special symbols page. If they occur,
I
> would do the same for plus and minus signs. DotsPlus and a very old
> program called PCBRAILLE include symbols lists that are easily
recognized
> and can be used for these inconveninet signs. If right and left
braces { }
> keep turning up, I would substitute rights and left brackets [ ]
because
> these symbols do translate. To have the word "plus appear in the
phrase
> "a-plus" or in a company name such as "plus mark" when the printed
text
> clearly shows a plus sign is actually inaccurate braille. It's about
time
> this issue was addressed together with a list of symbols to be used
in
> literary braille.
> Catherine
>
>
>
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> -Catherine Thomas
> braille@xxxxxxxxx /
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