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Yes. You are correct. I thought that is what I said before but I must not be saying things well either! 🙂
Cindi
When the same symbol has two meanings within a volume, the symbol should be listed twice on the Special Symbols page - once for each meaning. They should NOT be combined.
Cindi
Unless it's part of a spelling list, words divided into syllables can use contractions. This is an exercise, not a spelling list. Contractions may be used. See Section 20 of BF where words are divided into syllables and contractions are used.
Cindi
The letter of the law is no contractions. BF says "key items may not correspond to short forms or contractions". I read that to mean a key cannot be just the 'ar' contraction. If you used v(ar) as a key, the key does not correspond to a short form or a contraction. So it depends on if you want to follow the letter of the law or the spirit. 🙂 There is a lot of disagreement on this. Choose and then be consistent. And be sure you do not form a word - for instance, the key should NOT be c(ar) as that forms the word 'car'...that's one of the reasons this rule is in place. Keys need to be clearly NOT part of the text. If you wanted your key to be c-a-r (three letters) it can be - just uncontracted so it is not the word 'car'. Again, some will disagree with me but the rule IS open to some interpretation.
Cindi
The notes found throughout the volume are only listed on the teachers reference notes on the ink print pages.
Cindi
There is no symbol to separate the punctuation, they follow one another with no space between as in print
Cindi
I got your file earlier - were you able to see the word file I uploaded that shows the storybook?
Cindi
No - I'm attaching a page that would use the storybook format...notice how on this page, it shows pages 1, 3, 6 and 8 of the storybook? This is because when you cut/fold it, the pages are in the right order.
Cindi
Yes, your print page look good.
Storybooks are usually things that are meant to be taken out of the book and folded and/or stapled into a small book. Half of a page may even be upside down. The file you attached was took big and didn't come through, but from what you described, what you have does not sound like a storybook.
Cindi
It means to add the heading to the first print page after the title page (usually the Special Symbols page or the 2nd title page). Normal braille volumes only include the print title page - since Early Learning requires more than that, the extra heading is added.
Cindi
The Teacher's Reference Materials are Print pages of the braille front matter pages: the title page, the Special Symbols page and the Transcriber's notes page. Also included are PRINT versions of the all of the transcriber's notes that occur within the volume (referencing page numbers where the notes are found).
Cindi
