Julie Sumwalt
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Hi Cynthia,
There is no hard rule about this situation, but we are in agreement with you in treating the credentials as a passage. Great question!
Julie
Hi Tung,
You are correct. CDs does not need the grade 1 symbol indicator because CD is not standing alone any more with the s after it (2.6). It does, however, require the capitals terminator before the s because the capital word indicator carries through letters unless it is explicitly stopped (8.4.1).
That said, CD's is the opposite. Now a grade 1 symbol (not word) (10.9.5) indicator is needed because CD is standing alone (2.6.4). The apostrophe stops capitals mode (8.4.2) so a capitals terminator is not needed.
Braille on,
Julie
Hi Fred,
I can see you've put a lot of thought into this. There are reasons why the symbols are the way they are, however. Please see my comments in the attachment.
Regards,
Julie
Hi,
There are two symbols-sequences: "3-D" and "printer". You need the bold word indicator in front of each of these sequences. Only a space or terminator stops the bold word effect, so, yes, you need a bold terminator after "printer".
Standing alone has to do with contraction usage, not typeforms. With typeforms, you are focusing on symbols-sequences. For instance, "in" in "father-in-law" is standing alone because there is a dash on either side of it. You can use the contraction for "in". The entire compound word, however, only needs one italic word indicator in front of it if the whole thing is italicized. If only "in" were italicized, then you would need the italic terminator after "in" to prevent "law" from also being italicized.
Braille on,
Julie
Hi Mike,
In this case, the ellipsis represents symbols-sequences that would likely be italicized as well, so treating this as a passage makes sense.
Regards,
Julie
Hi Mike,
Follow print as much as possible. If you can tell that the emphasis does not carry through the asterisk (or number or letter superscript), then a terminator would be required. If you can tell that the emphasis does carry through asterisk (or number or letter superscript), then no terminator is needed. If in doubt, choose one way or the other and be consistent.
Regards,
Julie
Hi Greta,
Right, the capital indicator after Quick cancels its standing alone status and signifies the start of a new word. "QuickPay" is two unspaced words. "Quickpay" is one word and according to UEB 10.9.3c the shortform could be used.
Braille on,
Julie
Hello,
Glad you asked! Each symbols-sequence needs to be italicized separately. The numeric space indicator is only used for numeric segments of a single number. It isn't meant to keep symbols-sequences together in general. It would not be appropriate here because the letters GMT do not represent numbers.
Braille on,
Julie
I apologize for the delay in responding. Your files came through in ASCII. What I need are the BRF files so I can see the braille you've done. I also need the print files so I can see your source.
Thanks,
Julie
Hi,
Have you been able to manage smaller files? I really can't answer your question without seeing the print.
Regards,
Julie
Rule 8.6.2 does indeed say that “The capitals terminator may precede or follow punctuation and other terminators but it is best that indicators and paired characters such as parentheses, square brackets and quotes be nested. That is, close punctuation and indicators in reverse order of opening.” Either way is acceptable. Since you are asking about the NLS/NFB Lesson Manual, however, I suggest you take this up with NFB. You can contact them at transcribers@nfb.org.
Braille on,
Julie
