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I am sending an example of a page in a Science book (p78). My question is how is the red line under 150,000 Hz represented in braille. I am also sending an example in a publication called Nemeth Oddities showing this problem (p15). It looks like a punctuation indicator and dots 126 were used to indicate the movement of the line to where the decimal point should be. Are dots 126 a caret sign? My line goes in the other direction. How is this indicated in Nemeth?
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SusanHi Susan
I personally believe that these examples should be shown in braille as a tactile graphic. I will also attach a suggestion made in the Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics, where these arrows are used in conjunction with a number line. Whether their purpose is to indicate the decimal movement, or whether it is to indicate skip counting on a number line, I do not think that a transcriber’s note or braille indicators adequately show the concept being taught in print.
Betty[quote=betty.marshall]Hi Susan
I personally believe that these examples should be shown in braille as a tactile graphic. I will also attach a suggestion made in the Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics, where these arrows are used in conjunction with a number line. Whether their purpose is to indicate the decimal movement, or whether it is to indicate skip counting on a number line, I do not think that a transcriber’s note or braille indicators adequately show the concept being taught in print.
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