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Unless an agency specifically requests this information, the zip code is not required on the title page.

Cindi

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Thank you for bringing this to my attention.

Upon further review and collaborating with the committee, most have agreed that the emphasis is not necessary at all.  The material is displayed, which sets it off from the text via margins and blank lines; making the emphasis just eye candy.

You have quoted the UEB rule about multiple elements that are emphasized correctly.

The Formats study guide will be amended.

Cindi

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Without seeing the page:  I would say that you should ignore the copyright information unless there is a caption or other information in print.  Do a TN on the TN page that says that image copyright information is not included if there is no caption.  This is similar to how image credits are treated in the table of contents.

Cindi

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After checking with a couple of other "experts" your format seems like a good option.  Some of the lines in the sample you sent are not correct, though (they point to the wrong places) so we suggest you double check those 🙂  We are assuming there is Nemeth on the previous page as there was no begin Nemeth indicator.  If not, then the begin Nemeth indicator should go in cell 1 before the beginning of the maze.

Good job!

Cindi

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After checking with a couple of other "experts" your format seems like a good option.  Some of the lines in the sample you sent are not correct, though (they point to the wrong places) so we suggest you double check those 🙂  We are assuming there is Nemeth on the previous page as there was no begin Nemeth indicator.  If not, then the begin Nemeth indicator should go in cell 1 before the beginning of the maze.

Good job!

Cindi

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Sorry for the delay in responding - I've been checking with other Experts as this crosses over into some other areas!  Will get back to you asap.

Cindi

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The footnotes still go at the bottom of the print page.

Cindi

 

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According to UEB 7.6.1 you should use the one-cell quotation marks for the predominant quotation marks used in print.  According to 7.6.2 you should use the specific two-cell symbol for the inner quotation marks.  I would say you could just switch them in braille.  Put a Transcriber's note on your TN page stating this change to print.

Cindi

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The title page should be single spaced.

Cindi

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1.  I would say that the printing history is the top line...and only include that in my transcription.
2. There is no rule that addresses this.  At our agency, we add a period after the numbers and put a TN on the TN page that says something like: "In print, numbers identifying exercise questions are enclosed in circles. In braille, the circles are omitted and the numbers are followed by a period."
3. In order for a linked expression to need special margins, it must be displayed.  By doing these as 7-5 captions (which I agree with, by the way) you don't need the special margins. Just transcribe them as if the expression is on one line in print.

Cindi

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I would also like to note that tables and puzzles are always single-spaced, even when in a box and requested in double-spaced format.

Cindi

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Okay - I have not been able to verify any other rules than those few that Braille Formats mentions:

BF 1.7.2 Double-spacing is often requested when a reader is learning braille.

a.Use two blank lines wherever there is normally one blank line.

b.Insert a blank line before and after a page change indicator.

Exceptions:

g.Do not insert any blank lines after a top box line.

h.Do not insert any blank lines before a bottom box line.

I hope this helps!

Cindi

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I'm sorry for the delay in responding - I am trying to get in touch with someone who knows more about this than I do!  I will answer as soon as I find more information.

Cindi

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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

...

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

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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

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