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We do, but we are a small organization. Our state agency also does. And we do some work for APH and always put a running head on their stuff.
Cindi
Melissa - I can tell you what the updated formats will say for this type of situation. A breve is a breve...so you are correct that the UEB symbol for breve should be used. In many types of material like what you have that I have seen, the other mark looks much more like a grave accent symbol. However, I agree with you that yours appear to be slashes. Whichever print symbol you decide it is, use that braille equivalent (either the slash or the grave accent). What you have done is exactly what we are recommending - with one exception. We are recommending that the symbols be placed over the first letter of the syllable rather than the first vowel as has been done in the past. If you happen to have two small syllables, there does not need to be a space between the two types of accent/stress symbols...and if truly necessary (if the first of two syllables is only one letter) you may place the first accent/stress mark over the space or capital sign that precedes the word.
Let me know if I've not been clear enough. Great job with what you did!
Cindi
1. I would list them as a whole.
2. The IPA symbols are used ONLY when the material specifically says that it is IPA material. So for the example you have attached, you should use the regular two cell slash. Follow print for spacing.
Cindi
There is not a specific format for these types of situations. I have seen them done three different ways.
- If the passage and the questions are on always two consecutive pages (with nothing else on those two pages), the two pages are combined with the passage being completed first followed by all the questions to that passage. In the example you sent me, this wouldn't work because the next passage starts on the same page as the first passage ends.
- I've seen a transcriber's note added to the notes page that says that each passage is transcribed in its entirety and the related questions are moved to follow the passage. Print page numbers are then done as they are in print - as if the passage is the only thing on the page - with the questions placed at the end of the applicable passage. This works ok as it lets the reader finish the entire passage and then answer all the questions...but it does not keep the questions on the same page as they are in print.
- I've seen them transcribed just as they are in print...which I think makes it hard for the reader as oftentimes the passage is then interrupted in the middle of a sentence.
You will need to check with whoever is requesting this material and see which they would prefer. I don't believe there is any way to present it to the braille reader in exactly the same was as it is for the print reader. You can't always put both the passage and the questions on the same braille page in any way that is not completely disruptive to the reading of the passage.
Cindi
I would say that according to the rules you cannot use the 'gh' contraction for several reasons: 10.11.1 says to not use a groupsign which would bridge the words which make up an unhyphenated compound word; 10.11.2 says to not use 'gh' when the 'h' is aspirated...which it is in leghorn; 10.12.6 shows the bighorn example (stating not to use a contraction when it would hinder the recognition of the word). You should not rely on your software for this one; but rather follow the rules.
Cindi
According to 4.3.9 of Braille Formats, a centered heading must be followed by at least one line of text on the braille page...so you cannot put the heading by itself (a page change indicator is not text). A blank print page (or one that only has a title on it) is combined with the following page...so combine the page with the title with print page 1. Use 1 as the print page number. If the running head is the full title (meaning that the running head matches the title that's on the page before print page 1), I would only put the title once.
Cindi
The updated version of Braille Formats will state that the Special Symbols page must be done in braille order; no more categories.
As to your second question, the braille did not come through. The symbol for "grave accent alone on page 309 is dots 46, 16 which is not an ampersand...and I could not find a symbol in section 11 of Guidelines for Technical Materials that matched that dot configuration. Please clarify that question.
Cindi
As mentioned earlier, unsaid was added to the Appendix 1 list for shortforms in March of 2015. I suspect the NLS Instruction Manual came out before the change was approved. The contraction for said CAN be used in unsaid.
Cindi
First let me say that the Instruction Manual is not the rules. That's what Braille Formats is. I would not consider what you have the same as formal correspondence. There is no salutation or closing, etc. My recommendation, based on the Formats Guidelines is to change them to 3-1 paragraphs.
Cindi
According to 1.8.3 of Braille Formats, you would change them to indented paragraphs and put a TN on the TN page noting the change. I am basing this comment on the fact that the page you sent has ONLY blocked paragraphs - so I'm assuming the entire document is done the same way.
Cindi
Well, I can tell you what I would do - I would say it is part of the title...and I would center it on the line following the title. It's sort of like when you have
Red Riding Hood
adapted from Grimms Fairly Tales.
It's not an attribution. It's not an author. And it's not really a source in the true sense of the word.
Cindi
Here is a bit more information on this topic...it might help you to understand why the decision was made
The difference actually relates to the origin of these words. The words muster and mustang have no relationship at all to the original shortform of must. The word "must" actually has 3 meanings: be obliged, or as a noun it can mean new wine or mould (hence musty and mustiness are on the shortform list). The word mustard, in fact comes via the "new wine" meaning in that mustard was originally made using must or new wine when grounding the seeds of the plant.
