[duxuser] Re: braille translation gotcha's
- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 21:39:31 +0100
Steve,
I'm sure that eventually SWIFT's facilities, such as the
acronym tables, will eventually be integrated into DBT
itself.
George.
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From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Steve
Dresser
Sent: 17 April 2007 20:06
To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [duxuser] Re: braille translation gotcha's
Ann,
I agree, and that's why I'd like to see an acronym table in
Duxbury. With that kind of table, you wouldn't even have to
think about the acronyms once you added them.
Steve
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From: "Foxworth, Ann" <Ann.Foxworth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 14:17
Subject: [duxuser] Re: braille translation gotcha's
>
>
> It drives me nuts when people allow contractions in
acronyms. Our
> agency is called DARS, and no one ever thinks to apply the
acronym style
> to it.
>
>
> ANN FOXWORTH, BRAILLE CONSULTANT
> DARS DIVISION FOR BLIND SERVICES
> CRISS COLE REHABILITATION CENTER
> 4800 N LAMAR BLVD
> AUSTIN, TX 78757
> PH: 512-377-0471
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> On Behalf Of Betsy Whitney, Dolphin Press
> Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 9:51 PM
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Re: braille translation gotcha's
>
>
>
> Aloha,
> Also, don't forget to code acronyms if they contain
contractions.
>
> At 01:32 PM 4/15/2007, you wrote:
>
>
>>Greetings:
>>
>>It is my experience that forward translation by Duxbury
into literary
>>Braille is relatively problem free and almost completely
accurate.
>>Watch for things like smart quotes and smart apostrophes
that come out
>>of Microsoft Word, and be sure to appropriately mark up
email and Web
>>addresses in your document. The real work comes with
proper Braille
>>formatting. If you are a Braille perfectionist as I am,
you always
>>want to touch up the formatting before embossing a final
product.
>>
>>Cordially,
>>
>>Curtis Chong
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>>On Behalf Of Aaron Cannon
>>Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2007 9:53 PM
>>To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [duxuser] braille translation gotcha's
>>
>>
>>
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>>Hi all. I'm fairly new to the whole computer assisted
print to braille
>
>>translation thing, and I'm just wondering what are some of
the things
>>that Duxbury doesn't always get right when translating
into braille? I
>
>>know about the do verses do problem, but are there any
others that
>>frequently crop up? I am sure that it really depends on
the material
>>being translated, but what do you think are the average
number of
>>errors on each page? If less than one, how many pages
does it take to
>>find one error. Again, I'm not looking to get hard data,
just a guess
>>would be appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Aaron
>>
>>
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