Chris Clemens
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Hi, I am preparing to start my final manuscript. On the very first page of the book there are several paragraphs by different magazines, newspapers etc. I am assuming that these are reviews, should these be brailled?
Thanks, Becky
I don't use CorelDRAW but I understand from someone who does that you cannot use it with the Juliet Pro 6 but you can with the Tiger Embosser
You shouldn't need a dot 5 after the fraction. Close the fraction and follow it unspaced by the superscript degree sign, then the dot 5, then the cap C.
I am unable to answer your question without knowing what the print looks like. Could you attach a picture of your math page(s)?
By the way, directions in Nemeth transcriptions begin in cell 5 and runover in cell 3.
Gil, thank you for sending the print. I did not have a good picture in my mind of what your are transcribing. If you tried to attach your braille, it did not come through, but I think I understand what you are saying.
I think you have two separate kinds of presentation.
Where there are no roman numerals, I think you should use horizontal figured bass format, as in 27.1 through 27.15. Note that you must use the figured-bass prefix instead of a hand sign. The notes of the RH line do not have to be aligned with the notes of the LH (except at the beginnings of measures. of course.) That would apply to those pages M74.1-M74.3. In these assignments, the student is actually learning how to play from a continuo part.
Where there are roman numerals, you have to use a vertical format, of course. For models, I'd use Example 27.20-1 with single-line examples and 27.25-1 (with only one line of analysis) for the two-staff examples. In this format be sure to show hand signs instead of the figured-bass prefix.
Larry
I think it will be clearer if I attach the print file so you can see what I'm working with. What I need to get correct immediately are the two items at the bottom of the second page, under "Melody Harmonization" and "Keyboard Harmony." Beyond that, the pages headed M74.1 through M74.3, which have no chords in the right hand, I think I have correct but am a bit insecure as to the way I have set them up, with the item numbers above the items, the sectional double bars where they appear, and an octave sign after each sectional double bar where they are on the same parallel. I hope the attachment comes through. The way it looks, with the file name below the attach files blank, it has not been attached to this message.
In the simple two-staff examples, i'd use the model of Example 27-25-1, using intervals for the notes in the hand parts. Look at that example, omitting the alternative line of analysis. That way, the notes remain aligned with the associated bass figures. Whenever it gets more complicated, involving even one in-accord, I'd use Example 27-23.1-1, in open score. I think absolute clarity for the reader takes precedence over saving space. It is very likely that the reader will be assembling the music in his head, without actually playing it on an instrument, just as a sighted reader probably does. In fact, reading figured-bass, he might actually be reading chord-by-chord. It might be a stumbling-block not to have the chords and their abstract symbols in alignment.
Larry
Hopefully others will have suggestions to make. I have not come across these before, but my first inclination would be to draw the boxes.
If something is in bold in a Nemeth book, it is transcribed in bold (not italics) except for paragraph headings which are italicized according to Braille Formats. Generally, variables are italicized in print, and the italics are omitted on variables in braille. However, if variables are in bold in a math book, that usually means they are vectors, for which the boldface must be maintained. Could you send me a picture of the print you are transcribing?
Only the title page is transcribed in literary code. A supplementary title page would follow Nemeth rules.
No one could have possibly foreseen how long it was going to take to complete the Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics publication!! Even the committee members themselves have predicted several times that they were almost finished. It is my understanding that they have devoted the past year to addressing the many concerns expressed by the reviewers. They have now submitted a greatly revised edition to BANA for approval. I can certainly understand your frustration over which guidelines to follow in your transcriptions. Others have found themselves in a similar dilema. The best answer that I can give you to that when you work for several different agencies (or proofreaders), discuss and establish between the two of you what the expectations are for each particular contract before you get started.
NBA has already given workshops based on the DRAFT document, because the guidelines are generally based on "best practises" that have already been established by many individuals and agencies. Yes, there are a few instances where the guidelines will differ from the Guidelines for Math Diagrams, and those are the exceptions which will have to be discussed between the transcriber and proofreader. We are offering another tactile strand at the NBA conference in Raleigh, NC, in October. Even that material has been delayed in the writing stage in hopes of getting the very latest information from the committee that is working on the guidelines. Rest assured that there will be announcements from BANA and NBA when the guidelines are official adopted!The clef signs, if you decide to include them, would be the first signs of music in each part, as part of the first measures, very much like hand signs. It is not necessary to restate the clefs in successive parallels. If there were hand signs, the clefs would follow the hand signs.
LarryThanks for your thoughts, Larry. My feeling was that, because this is part of a university course outline, including as much information as possible from the print version might be a good idea. Now I'm wondering if in a little sonata for viola and cembalo, where the two clefs are different (C for the viola and F for the cembalo) it might be a good thing to include the clef signs in the transcription ... for the same reason, that for students, maybe maximum info is a good thing. That said, if they were shown, I wouldn't know where to place the clef signs on each parallel of the transcription. Neither BANA nor DeGarmo cover that situation.
a - Should the marginal illustration be inserted on the line immediately following the lines where the words "Figure 2" and "Figure 4" appear in the text, or should it be inserted at the end of the completed sentence?
I would place the figures at the end of the paragraph in which they are cited. That's better than interrupting the text.The captions for the figures (FIGURE 1, FIGURE 2, etc) would be in 7/5 as captions normally are. Tactile Graphics Guidelines propose that graphics be placed at the left margin for ease in finding them. Do not place your graphic so its left margin is indented as marginal material. No reference indicator is required for captions.
Should the margins for this note be cell 5 (heading) "Looking Ahead to Calculus" and 7/5 for the text portion of the note?
If you are going to make the decision to use cell 5 headings for a certain kind of marginal note (such as "Looking Ahead to Calculus") then just format the text following the heading as you would normally format it -- the paragraph would start in cell 3 with runovers in cell 1 and displayed items in 3/5.
If you want to treat this material as marginal material, with a general reference indicator (not a literary one) then your note will begin in 7 with runovers in 5, and the diplayed would have to be 7/9. In this event, the heading would probably have to become a paragraph heading on the same line as the following text. Be sure to look through your book to determine if there will be any comparable marginal material that could present a problem with your chosen format.
