Chris Clemens
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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.It turns out the underlining was used to help recognize like terms. I will attach an example in context. It uses single underlining to show one set of like terms and double underlining to show another set of like terms. I wondered how I should show this in the braille.
Thanks.
edited by psnys on 9/8/2011
edited by psnys on 9/8/2011Welcome to the Forum Maureen! I apologize for not getting to this sooner. Writing from the point-of-view of someone who has done extensive work with tactile diagrams, I would suggest that even at the age of 8 years, it is good to expose young readers to tactile graphics. Something like a Venn diagram is usually fairly simple, however if it contains a large amount of text, you may have to use an alphabetic key, or possibly a simplified tactile graphic along with a transcriber's note explaining how the information is shown in braille.
Hope this helps. If you require further assistance, I suggest that you could post an attachment of the print page with a question under the Tactile Graphics section of the Forum.Betty
I believe that these are an "O" for origin. If you look specifically at question 33, there is definitely a difference in the shape of the O (at the origin) and the 0 (zero) in the number 320 above it on the y-axis. The zero is always more oval in shape, while the origin is round.
BettyExcept for one intro page at the beginning of the book, everything is in Spanish until you get to the Glossary.
One last question. Is this math book, except for the translated glossary, ENTIRELY in Spanish?
--Joanna
Hi, No the Spanish/English is the only Glossary in this book. The page I sent is pretty typical of the entire Glossary. Thanks for your help on this!
Does this Foreign Language book also have an English-Spanish glossary? You have sent me a page from Spanish-English. If there is also an English-Spanish glossary, please send a page from that one. It's important because of this unusual print layout.
--Joanna
If this is non math it should be posted in Braille Formats/Textbook.
I believe Venn diagrams are drawn for 3rd grade readers.
