betty.marshall
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Would it be possible for you to attach a scan of the worksheet? It would be helpful to ascertain an answer to this question. In the meantime, I have asked advice from the rest of the committee.
Betty
Usually when I'm looking for information like that I try a search using Google. Did you have a specific question regarding how to treat these in braille? If so, please feel free to attach a copy of the print and I'll see if I can be of assistance.
Betty
The attachment looks like a photograph, rather than an assignment where the reader has to actually key in the commands/keystrokes indicated. If there is no text that deals with the symbols on the face of the calculator it is probably not necessary to create symbols for everything on it.
Betty
I have just learned from a fellow committee member that with early learning materials that are double spaced, the tables and spatial math problems are single spaced. I'm not sure whether or not this information would pertain to your situation.
Betty
Translation software is fallible. There are many times I have second-guessed myself because of my translation software. While it is a valuable tool when transcribing, we must always be on the alert for exceptions. The rule that you sited below, details in great length where a contractions may [u]not[/u] be used. An abbreviation (such as P.M.)is not included in this listing. As such, if not delineated in the Nemeth Code, you revert to the rules of English braille, where you would find that you [u]should[/u] use the contraction for the word to prior to an abbreviation.
Betty
Please refer to Rule 10 §57. I would interpret this to mean that you should use the general omission symbol. If in doubt, you could add a transcriber's note explaining the print use of the question mark.
Betty
Please note that I was looking at this from the perspective of an actual tactile graphic of the bar graph. If you are using braille dots (allowed for grade 4 and up) to create the bars, you would not be able to use the general omission symbol as that would result in an inacurate representation of the graph data!
edited by betty.marshall on 6/29/2011I have received varied responces from the committee on this topic. It comes down to whether or not you consider the F to be a letter or an abbreviation. Most of the committee have agreed that they have usually seems this transcribed without the letter indicator or the supscript level indicator. Hopefully this will be clarified in future Nemeth upodates.
Betty
edited by betty.marshall on 6/29/2011Since the first column already lists the prefix, you wouldn’t need to also bold that portion of the word in the last column. It seems to me that just adds unnecessary clutter to an already large table. You should indicate this change from print in a transcriber's note prior to the table (just in case the teacher or someone else in the class refers to the bolded print). I believe that according to Formats, since this is a sequentially numbered table, you would have to place an identifier on line 25.
Betty
Glad to see that you were able to follow my directions for attachments! It is so helpful to have a copy of the actual page when replying to these questions.
Even though this is called a table in print, it does not meet the criteria of a table by definition. By this, I mean that the information is not arranged in rows and columns with headings that are necessary to the understanding of the rest of the information.
Since it seems that the reader in this situation is are only using one row at a time, perhaps each row of numbers could be brailled across from left to right in a 1/3 list type of format preceded by a row number identifier, as follows.Row 1: 2596 , 3623 , 1053 , 2161 , 8550 , 9672, , 1044 , 9852 , 8935 , 8727
Row 2: 12393 , 1231 , 2795 , 2036 , 5138 , 7488 , 5814 , 2086 , 5397 , 8073
etc. …You would need to include a transcriber's note explaining the change in structure and the addition of the commas.
Betty
I think that the answer to this question would depend on why the braille is being double-spaced in the first place. If it "needs" to be double-spaced, then the same would apply to the table. You should be able to insert additional codes within the Duxbury file to insert blank lines within your table. Questions pertaining to software can be posted under Computer-Assisted Transcription.
Betty
Would you please scan the entire question including the picture to which this refers. I am unable to provide an answer based only on what you have attached.
Betty
In order to answer this question, I really need to see a scanned image of some of the pages where these occur. Generally, I do produce a tactile of a graph displayed on a calculator screen, but that may not be what you are referring to in this case. Realistically, if they are not readable, you are not going to be able to reproduce them. Please attach a sample for me to review. Thank you.
Betty
