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Hello. The formatting in your example did not come through properly. Can you scan the page and attach it as a PDF file or some other kind of image file that will not change the look of the page? Then I can respond. Thanks.
Lindy Walton
Joanna,
Was this posted on BANA? Is BANA’s position that we should NOT be using the Promising Practices document at all? I would like clarification on this prior to starting any new transcriptions.
Thank you.I don’t know why it didn’t work. The title is “Help!”
Here are the two posts:
Nancy,
We can provide post-secondary tactile graphics. Please contact Sandy Greenberg at sgreenberg@atpc.net.
6/16/2011 1:43:52 PM
dspence
Hi Nancy…we can also provide assistance in preparing graphics for your textbook. You can contact me privately via email.
This is dspence from Region 4 in Houston.
edited by CrepeMyrtle on 11/2/2011Sorry, do what? I went to the Search screen, typed in “Help,” and clicked “Titles only,” but I didn’t get anything. You must mean something else. I’ve tried other searches, also with no luck.
Hi Lindy –
I’m attaching the worksheet. I looked at the previous post, but I don’t think this is the same thing. I appreciate your help. Thanks!!Good morning. This topic has been discussed recently — you can find it probably on the same page you are looking at right now, several topics down. Please write back if your questions are not answered after reading that, and looking at the sample files.
Lindy
Thank you for your question. Your concern about readability of a third grade math book is appreciated, however there are currently no guidelines incorporated into the Promising Practices document regarding a book following Nemeth code. The Nemeth Code does not address the topic of a Special Symbols page but it is common practice to list only transcriber-devised symbols. However, since you are following the guidelines in Promising Practices, I see no reason not to list the type-form indicators (both literary and Nemeth) used in each volume. Note that, with judicious application of NC Sec.34b, much of the non-regular type found in the print book may be arbitrary.
Lindy Walton (Committee Member)
Thank you for providing images of the print pages. My comments appear in the attached file. If you are not seeing a braille font, let me know please.
–Lindy Walton (Committee Member)
Many transcribers are already working with NIMAS files. Mega Dots and Duxbury already deal with NIMAS; perhaps now and then there are a few “bugs”. I am not sure where Braille 2000’s version stands right now. So it is important to have software that can deal with NIMAS files. It is also important to know how to use the software in conjuction with the NIMAS files. I haven’t yet gone to the AFB website but that might be a good place to start. Then look for braille conferences that have workshops on NIMAS. Also contact the manufacturers and see what they have available. There are books now that have NIMAS files now and there will be more every year.
I used Duxbury most of the time. I like that I can do most of my formatting and editing in Microsoft Word using the Bana template.
Then I import the Word file into Duxbury. When it is in Duxbury print you can further edit if you need to. Once the file is ready you translate to braille.
There is a strip along the bottom that shows each line in print and you can make the codes show up by depressing alt+f3. If you need to go back to your original document (print) you can exit out of the braille and go back. (not back translate) However the changes you make to the braille won’t have been made in the print. So make sure that you keep track of changes you want to make if you go back. It is helpful if you read braille, to check your formatting once you have translated to braille. You can work in smaller sections and cut and paste them together, but I find proofing in the braille helpful.
