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If you don’t have the (Green) Nemeth Code Book the dots for this are 456, 123456.
You would put a space before and after the variation symbol.
Hope this helps.Sounds like it could be variation?
See page 144 (12) in The Nemeth Braille Code For Mathematics And Science Notation, 1972 Revision (Green Code Book).The solution is to turn off the auto-correct feature in your software that changes straight-quotes to smart quotes.
Betty Marshall
I apologize for the delay in answering your question. I am consulting with someone who has an understanding of chemistry. Hopefully we will have an answer tomorrow.
If this were a book entirely in English and you encountered an accented letter in someone’s name, you would use the dot 4 accent indicator because accented letters don’t occur in English in the same way as in other languages. English does not have accented letters. In Spanish you have encountered an accented letter that does not occur in that language, so you do the same thing. Use the dot 4 accent indicator preceding that u and list this as a regular special symbol (not as part of the Spanish accented letters). Do the same whenever you encounter an accented letter that does not occur in the language you are working in, whether it’s English or some other language.
Hope that helps.
–Joanna
“The 2010 Spanish book (an entirely foreign text 1.3.a) that I am transcribing has an “a” tilde.”
My book has a similar situation.
Gato enfadado:
el vientre hundido
pelo crizado.
–Karen SenryūThe ū is in the name in the attribution, so probably will only appear once in the book.
How should the ū be brailled?
edited by myrtle12345 on 7/10/2010Thank you for sending the print example. It is very helpful. Bajo is indeed a subentry as you have shown.
See Braille Formats Rule 5 section 2e for the swung dash. There is a distinction made if the swung dash is lightface (which I interprete to be regular typeface) or boldface. I didn’t know this myself and I was unable to determine from the print page whether your swung dash is bold or not. It kind of looks like bold, but I’m not sure. You can probably tell yourself from the actual print. If not, take your best guess. Don’t forget to list this as a Special Symbol. Follow print for spacing. It looks like a space before and after in your print.
Lightface swung dash is [braille].– and boldface is [braille]_.–
–Joanna
This seems like a Braille Formats question, so I would suggest posting it there. I would also strongly suggest that a scan of the actual print page be posted along with it.
–Joanna
A Cartesian graph is one which shows numerical relationships by drawing points, lines, curves, or geometric shapes on the Cartesian plane. The Cartesian plane consists of two or more axes joined at a single point called the origin and possibly a grid to help index points on the graph. Numeric indicators should not precede the numbers on the x- and y-axis lines regardless of whether the text is transcribed in literary or Nemeth (mathematics and science) code.
Since the reader is going to graph the equation on this grid (and it seems to fit the definition above), I would not use the numberic indicator on the values shown along the x- and y-axis. If the reader was going to use it to create a scatter plot or a bar graph, I would use the numeric indicator. Since the Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics is still a DRAFT document, and has not yet been approved by BANA, it would not be incorrect (at this point in time) to use the numeric indicator.Betty
Thanks for the prompt reply to our question. When I shared the answer, I learned that my reference to this as a cartesian grid may have swayed the answer a bit. I should have noted it as a grid or graph – we’re not sure which because the x and y labels are throwing us off.
Please look closely at the sample and offer an opinion on whether it is, in fact, a grid or a graph, and offer an answer based on that. The sample attached to the original message is a bit fuzzy, but the main point to note is that each axis begins at 0 and ends with an arrow labeled with either x or y.
Thanks so much and know that we look forward to your response.
Marie
According to the draft copy of Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics, it is not necessary to use the numeric indicator on the values for the x- and y-axis of a Cartesian graph. Any other labels within the quadrant would use (or not use) the numeric indicator according to the braille code being used.
BettyI will attach a copy (both CorelDRAW and pdf files) of schematic symbols which I have saved in a file from which I copy and paste for other electrical circuits. I place the ones that I use in a key prior to the diagram. Labels may be added to indicate the the known values in a circuit — the amount of resistance or number of volts in the power supply, whether a bulb is lit or not. Simplify without distorting the information. The number of long and short lines (and their order of placement) in important for the power supply. The filament in a light bulb can be simplified to a single loop. I hope you find this answers your questions.
BettyNBA offers the Braille Textbook Formats Course. An exam can follow the course which if passed gains the exam taker a certification in Textbook Format.
The NFB administers the Library of Congress Braille certifications in Literary Braille, Nemeth Braile (for math and science) and Music Braille.
For more information about the NFB courses you should visit their website and do a site search on braille courses.
hope this helps.
