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The clue words should be in uncontracted braille (in the braille file attached).
As for the answer. I've used the method of stating something like "the word TEXTURE begins with the 2nd letter in row 1 and goes across the page". But that was when there was only 1 answer given. This method could still work for your answer puzzles. You could do an overall TN that states word placement is in a TN following each word (or something similar to that) and then have a list like:
TEXTURE tnrow 1, letter 2, acrosstn
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PROPERTY tnrow 4, letter 9, downtn
There is, obviously, no BF rule about this. It does follow a similar format as the crossword puzzle which has the overall explanation TN and then an embedded TN after each clue.
Cindi
This is a list where every item is italicized. You open italics before each item in the list and close it once at the end of the list. It follows the same rules as multiple paragraphs that are emphasized shown in 5.6 of Braille Formats. Also see 9.9.1 of the UEB rule book.
Cindi
Which reference sheet are you referring to? The one on Braille 2000? It is available from Bob Stepp's website...but I have also attached it here.
Cindi
Sorry for the delay in responding - I wanted to pool the committee to be sure I was not speaking off the top of my head 🙂
- Six cells is enough to ensure the reader can find the page numbers...you do not need to expand that margin if you have really long page numbers. I will look into clarifying that in Formats.
- I found this question a bit confusing. If you have 21ST CENTURY SKILLS you would start the passage indicator after 21 - even though it looks really weird - and terminate it after SKILLS. If 21ST CENTURY is also italicized, you would need to keep that for distinction. For that, use italic word indicators on each word.
- Because the "definition" on the special symbols page says acute accent above the following letter, one entry works for both the lowercase and uppercase letters.
Cindi
I'll answer it here since I'm online 🙂
I believe I would treat this as an epigraph - a short explanation of the text that follows. Block it in cell 1, leave a blank line, centered heading, blank line, main text.
Cindi
As there are no rules (Formats or Nemeth) that address situations like this, this is probably more of a Math forum question...but I asked the NBA Math chair her opinion...and here are two suggestions:
- Treat the tens and ones headings as column headings (including column separation lines) and space the spatially arranged equation accordingly. If there are a lot of these instances, then I might suggest doing this once and then putting a transcriber’s note to explain the print use and not continuing to include these column headings in braille.
- Do a transcriber's note to explain that there are headings in print but they are omitted in braille. Be sure to look through the book to be sure that if there are any other instances (and I'm sure there are) they could all be done in the same manner.
Cindi
We are currently in the Beta Test phase for the Formats 2016 certifications. We hope to have this program up and running this fall.
Cindi
The issue here is really the box. When text that requires a blank line following it (in this case, the box) ends on line 24 or 25, then a blank line is needed on the next braille page. So your list - doesn't matter if it is a new list or the continuation of a list - should begin on line 3 (running head on line 1).
Cindi
Unless you want to draw the Phoenician symbols, you cannot do that column of the table. A transcriber's note should let the reader know that the column is omitted.
Cindi
I would not have done it that way either, but it does give the reader all of the information they need.
Cindi
- The superscript indicator is all that is needed if you have numbered footnotes.
- Braille Formats is a code...as good as the literary course is, it is not a code. If there are differences, Braille Formats would take precedence.
- It is best to not divide web addresses if they will fit on one braille line; less divisions is better - so if you do have to split a web address, try to keep it to as few lines as possible.
- Yes, it should be uncontracted. Letter sequences within a web address should, as often as is possible and still follow the rules, be in the form that the reader would most recognize it. Sometimes it's not possible due to rule about contractions.
- Long numerals and electronic address are not pronunciations so I'm not sure how they apply to this. If you have to split a pronunciation (and that would have to be a pretty long word) you do not use a dot 5 to show that it is continued.
Cindi
Sorry for the delay in responding...I wanted to check with the rest of the committee on this one.
Formats does not directly address the idea of what IS volume 1. Formats says that volume 1 has the full brief contents and whichever part of the full contents applies to that volume. If you consider the preliminary volume as your volume 1, then they would be there. If you do not consider the preliminary volume, volume 1, they would be placed in volume 1. One committee member brought up the point that the table of contents really isn't applicable (most of the time) until you get the to beginning of text...and the preliminary volume is usually the pre-matter - not the main body of text. So the table of contents wouldn't really be useful there.
But again - it is your decision on what you consider volume 1.
Sorry I don't have a solid answer for this! The committee was split. I guess it's something we will have to look at adding to Formats - or clarifying.
Cindi
