Chris Clemens
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First, I have to say that the correct way to do an underlined number is to use the 5-step modification method. In special circumstances, for an individual student, you can probably make accomodations. Some people use the boldface indicator to designate an underlined number. If you use the boldface indicator, then you must insert the numeric indicator before the digit that follows so that the boldface doesn't extend through the rest of the number. For very young students, I have used a transcriber's note to say that the underlined digit is given in parentheses following the number. e.g., (the first 9 is underlined) I don't know if this is any help to you. Let me know if it is not and maybe we can figure out something else.
Dorothy answering for Betty Marshall
Another question:
Throughout a teachers edition there are blanks to be filled, with the answers in the blanks, how should these be transcribed?
Should the blanks be represented with four dot 36's unspaced from the answer?Are you using Nemeth Code?
I would braille them both the same. A blank cell is required on either side of a comparison sign, so they would look the same in braille. If any equation is long enough to require a runover, the division would be before the equal sign in both of your examples.
Dorothy answering for Betty Marshall
I would say that if it looks like a colon, it probably is a colon. You would braille this colon unspaced, preceded by a punctuation indicator. I have, however, presented this question to a committee.
Dorothy (answering for Betty Marshall for the week)
jbb,
Thank you for your question. My question to you is ... are you brailling this book for your certification manuscript or brailling it for an agency? And are you brailling it in a literary format or textbook (using print page numbers?)
The Instruction Manual (5th edition), section 17.4b that you referenced has to do with long notes. Source references can be found in 17.5 and specifically for bible references 17.5b, 17.5b(1), 17.5b(2), and 17.5b(3).
17.5b states: "In standard prose (which is how your book appears), references to the Bible should be brailled as they appear in print."
For the reference notes (your page 34), these references would be embedded into the text (3 words or less). For notes 11 and 12, follow the rules for 17.4 in the Instruction Manual if you are brailling literary format.
EBAE Rule IV.23 deals with source references, and Rule IV.22 deals with notes.
I hope this helps.
Jana
Hi, I saw a lot of questions were answered yesterday. Wondering you forgot to answer this one or you can't open the attachment. Hope I did not ask some stupid questions.
I've attached a document with the answers to your questions, as well as the one in the .jpeg file
Hope this helps.Betty
Hi Darlene,
If you are referring to word divisions in the literary lessons, no word divisions are required after lesson 12.
If you are referring to the Manuscript, no word divisions are required, however if you do choose to divide a word and it's divided incorrectly, it will be marked as an error.
If you are referring to an actual project that you are working on, then it becomes an agencies decision.
Keep in mind that even though word divisions may not be required for lessons or the Manuscript, hyphenated compound words and expressions should still be divided at the hyphen.
See page 12-4 in the 2009 Literary Lesson ManualThank you for the question.
SaralynAccording to BANA UPDATE 2007, we now use the "in" contraction following opening transcriber's note symbol in Literary Braille.
