Chris Clemens
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Hi Jenny,
Are you dividing this word or just needing clarification on pronunciation? The Bei in Beijing says "bay" as far as I know ... so you would not use the "Be" contraction. It would be brailled using the "ing" contraction. Beij(ing).
Have a great day!
JanaHi Libby,
It sounds like the italics are used to denote the letter. If that is the case, use a letter indicator followed by the s. Do not use the italic indicator. These are letters and need to be indicated they are letters.
I hope this helps. 🙂
Jana
Hi Francine,
Good question! I do not know of any rules regarding business cards and email addresses. I don't believe I have ever seen an email address in braille on any business card, simply because of the limited amount of space. My own cards are brailled with my name, title and phone number. I'll check around and see what I come up with ... in the meantime, is there anyone reading this board that has an answer?
Jana
Dan,
That is exactly what I do. i start a new parallel for the 2nd ending.
Yes, please put a note in your MBC97 to raise the question when we work on the new edition.
LarryI don't know of any reason why there would be a space between the C and the following plus sign. In the simbraille for the example above Example 6, there is an almost identical line (K = ...) that presents the expression with no spaces. I think it is probably just a typo.
I am assuming that you are going to Formats to get a rule that applies to this situation, although this isn't truly a free-standing punctuation mark. Regardless of how you present it, it will not be easily recognizable as a question mark, will it? But I can't think of a solution better than the one you have chosen. Formats suggestion is to use words to name a punctuation mark shown in unusual configuration. If you choose to do that, a tn could explain what that second question mark is.
It is not necessary to indicate that the ordinal ending is in a raised position. With a single letter ordinal, such as nth, you must include a letter indicator as if the ordinal is not present.
Ginger,
Why did you not do the -ip as a heading? That is what it should be, regardless of print placing it at the margin. In looking at your braille, you have the attribution in cell 2 ... it needs to be in cell 5. If you have any doubts, post your question the Formats forum ... I bet you get the same response. If you want it to be correct, then it needs to be a heading. 🙂Jana
I did everything you suggested....except treating '-ip' as a heading. That makes sense....and I want to do it right!!
Awesome!
GingerGinger,
Thanks for attaching the poem. First of all, the -ip or -ash should be centered on line one and treated as a heading. Skip one blank line and center your poem title A Dip in the Ocean or whatever your poem title is. Poem format should be 1/3, starting in cell one with runovers in cell 3. Your author's name is treated as an attribute and should start 4 cells to the right of the beginning of the preceding braille line, which in this case would be cell five. Hope this is helpful.
Have a great day!
JanaHere is a scan copy of the original, and the braille document I created. These are actually different then the worksheet I was using yesterday, but exactly the same layout with the letters they're working on at the top of the page, a centered title, a poem, and the author's name.
Thank you!That is correct. The dot 5 is not a numeric symbol so the numeric indicator would be required if guide dots are used, or if dot 5s are used to indicate a column with no data.
Francine,
There are no specific rules regarding greeting cards. Space is always an issue that needs to be considered. Some volunteer groups have guidelines on how they transcribe greeting cards, but to my knowledge, there are no specific rules. Some issues to consider are as follows:
Determine margin -- width of greeting card will determine this
Transcribe the greeting on braille paper first, and proofread (this will tell you how much space you need for the greeting)
Indentation -- probably best 1/1 unless verse is a poem, then use 1/3.
Don't try to follow the same lines as print copy, as they will not coincide with braille
Omit unneccessary capitalization -- sometimes entire phrases are capitalized in print --this is unnecessary in braille.Remember: These are not rules ... just considerations.
Hope this helps!
Jana
