[Russell Miller]

The attached shows an abbreviation(?) in an Algebra II book. The “Standards of Learning” for this Algebra II book (where AII is for Algebra II and T is for Trigonometry) are listed throughout the book as AII/T.18.b-AII/T.18.d and AII.4.a et al.

How do I braille AII/T.18.b-AII/T.18.d and AII.4.a ?

My initial thought is to transcribe them ,A,II_/,T”.18.D and ,A,II”.4.A . My second thought is to transcribe them ,,AII_/,T”.18.D and ,,AII”.4.A .

The AII/T.18.b (AII followed by a slash) shows me that the decimal point or period we see is not associated with an abbreviation and is therefore not a period but a decimal point. The “A” is an English letter followed by the Roman numberal “II”. Yellow Book section (YB) 90 – The double cap indicator must be used before a Roman numeral … The letter “T” is followed by .18 (point 18 or dot 18). YB 134.b. … the multipurpose indicator must be placed between the letter and the decimal point … My second solution seems easier to read. While the “seems easier” solution may be correct, it doesn’t seem to follow the rules I am looking at. What did I miss?

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[Lindy Walton]

What a great question. I am looking into this and will get back to you soon. The issues here have to do with letters (A and T as well as a b c d etc.), Roman numerals which look like letters but are actually numeric, and decimal points that use the same cell configuration as the Greek letter indicator.

[Lindy Walton]

Following current rules, here is how to braille the section labels:

First example:
print: AII/T.18.b-AII/T.18.d

braille:
[braille],A,,II_/,T”.18.”B-,A,,II_/,T”.18.”D

Explanation:
Use cap A for the “A” and cap T for the “T” — no ELIs since they do not stand alone. [NC Sec.27.g]
Use double-cap II for the Roman numeral. [NC Sec.18.a]
The “dot” is considered to be a decimal, which is a numeric symbol, so it requires the use of the multipurpose indicator as follows: after a letter and before a decimal; after a decimal and before a letter. [NC Sec.177.ii and 177.v]

Unfortunately, this makes for a very long construction.

If these references occur [u]frequently[/u] throughout your transcription, I don’t think it would be frowned upon to write a note on the Transcriber’s Notes page stating that you are omitting the decimal points from the section labels. This would make them slightly more compact and a bit easier to read. Like this:

[braille],A,,II_/,T”18B-,A,,II_/,T”18D

Note that a dot 5 is still required between a letter and the following number, otherwise the number becomes a subscript.

Second example:
print: AII.4.a et al.
braille:
[braille],A,,II”.4.”A ET AL4
or:
[braille],A,,II”4A ET AL4

I hope to hear a loud objection if this is considered to be bad practice.

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