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I agree that you will need/should use the Grade 1 terminator so that contractions can be used in the words that follow the superscripts.
Cindi
There is no specific guidelines related to thought bubbles. I would suggest using italics for the thoughts and formatting the same as dialog. If you are concerned that the reader won't understand you could put in a TN to explain that the italics represent thoughts rather than words.
Cindi
The emphasis on the period here is not significant. 9.1.2 of the UEB code says: Typeform indicators are considered necessary in braille when the print change in typeform is significant because it indicates emphasis or shows distinction. 9.7.3 of the UEB guidelines says: ignore a change in typeform for incidental punctuation within a passage.
The answer here is...you choose and be consistent. There are arguments that would say that a word indicator should be used as the period is clearly bold in print. There are arguments for the idea that the punctuation is for the end of the sentence - it does NOT apply to the letter B - that makes it insignificant to the bold phrase and, as such, a symbol indicator should be used. It won't significantly change the way it reads either way.
Cindi
There are not a whole lot of guidelines regarding double-spaced braille. Using the Guidelines for the Transcription of Early Educational Materials is exactly right. Decide how you will interpret those rules and then be consistent.
My opinion (which is just that - MY opinion) is that one blank line at the top of a braille page is enough to set the material apart from what came before - which is the intent of the blank lines.
Cindi
From the BANA website at https://brailleauthority.org/sites/default/files/FormatsFiles/addendum_tobraille_formats_%2001232020_final_v3.pdf
Any further reproduction or distribution other than in an accessible format is an infringement.
Cindi
According to 3.2.1b: "The note may contain multiple notes and paragraphs before it is closed. However, I do see the Example related to Cartoons. Technically, either could be considered correct. The example in section 14 is done that way to distinguish between the two different elements of the cartoon...this is not the case where you have a continued paragraph (per 3.2.1)...the caption is a separate element. I would suggest following the lead of the BF guidelines. Make the Caption a separate TN.
Cindi
Wow. That's a lot of references!
It would be best if the reference marks were on the same line as the word to which they apply.
In the 2nd example you sent, they will not all fit! I don't think I've ever seen that. There are spaces between the reference marks so I don't think the continuation indicator would apply...and if you did use it you might still need to explain it. In my opinion, a transcriber's note might be your best option here. You could place it after the references as it looks they follow the last word in the paragraph and just say something like "The numbers following the last word of the previous paragraph are all reference marks". If you are including the superscript position (you should!) then it helps that the numbers are all superscripts.
Cindi
For kindergarten and first grade, all transcriber's notes are listed within the braille and on the Teacher's Reference Pages (see 2.2.3 of the Early Learning Materials Guidelines). For textbooks Grade 2 and above, you don't need to list all the individual notes within the braille volume but you DO still need to put them on the Teacher's Reference Pages.
Cindi
You should follow print and not put indentions into the TOC that do not appear in print. Using the TOC to determine heading levels in the text is sometimes very helpful and if there ARE indentions in the TOC and you have trouble discerning them, you could look to the text for clarification. But don't try to interpret text to input your TOC.
Cindi
Sorry! I read numeric indicator when you said Nemeth indicator! 🙂
Number lines are always done in Nemeth.
Cindi
Per Unit 6 (it's stated in the intro among other places) of the Tactile Graphics guidelines, the numeric indicator is not used for labels in number lines and dot plots.
Cindi (for Lindy)
Questions about your manuscript cannot be answered on this forum. I would point you to section 1.11 of the Braille Formats guidelines (available as a free download from the BANA website at https://www.brailleauthority.org/braille-formats-principles-print-braille-transcription-2016) for more information on print page numbers.
Cindi
Step 1, Step 2 is one list (unless they are separated by explanatory paragraphs). In the file you sent me, the entire thing should be 1-7, 3-7, 5-7. There is a "Rulings by Committee" document coming soon to BANA (it's approved, but not yet posted) that states the following:
- A heading must be followed by at least one complete list item (which may be more than one braille line) before the list is continued on a new braille page.
- 8.4.1c which says "Keep a columned list on a single page when possible" refers to multi-columned lists – not a single list. As per 8.3.5, a list may be divided between braille pages.
- Keep a multi-columned list on a single page when possible.
The hope is that this clarification will help make the list guidelines easier to understand and follow.
I do have a question - what is the symbol that uses dots 5, 146? If you are intending for that to be a checkmark (which is what I suspect), the UEB checkmark is dots 4, 146. It's an update that was made in April 2018 and can be found on the ICEB website at https://www.iceb.org/ueb.html.
Cindi
