Chris Clemens
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Let's be sure about what we are looking at in this structure. What appear to be crossed out parentheses are actually single horizontal bond symbols passing through each parenthesis. The grouping symbols are necessary to show that the subscript "n" belongs to the bonded molecules within the parentheses. This type of notation is not illustrated in any of our Code examples. I am away from my source materials at the moment; I will get back to you about proper transcription of this later today.
I am interest in doing the Word files from the publisher files/or pdfs in
ASCII, for the JAWs program to read for the blind student. This is all I
know of a this time.
An agency asked if I could do e-text in the word.doc in ASCII. Any help
would be great.Each of the three arrows will need to be tooled as a raised line. Arrange the molecules in the same layout as shown in print.
These are sidebars. The blue box is NOT within the the larger box and it should NOT be placed there under an circumstances. The transcriber brailles what the print shows. It is doubtful that the fact that the box is blue adds any information and it is probably just a visual device. The blue box apparently draws visual attention to the words in the notebook box that are in fact highlighted. I would braille the blue box as a blocked paragraph, followed by the boxed list, with the highlighted words in the box also highlighted in braille. That is what the print shows. Place each paragraph and box pair at logical places in the print. They do not necessarily have to follow each other, but each box should be accompanied by its preceding paragraph.
--Joanna
Most formatting decisions are made based on what the page looks like. That is why we usually ask to see the actual page. I can't say with certitude that you have a sidebar because I can't see it. What I have is your description, which is an interpretation of what YOU see.
Your description says that the material is in the margin and doesn't relate to anything specific in the text. Compare that to the definition of sidebar in Formats 12.2.1:
"A sidebar is detached from the main text and found in a section either off to one side of it, or above or below it, on the same page. Sidebars may or may not be linked, or related to, the adjacent text, and the reading order of sidebars and text is not always obvious." [Italics mine]Based on your decription I would GUESS that you have a sidebar. If you agree, format it as a sidebar, according to the text layout as described in Formats. Other kinds of notes (that have a specific reference to the accompnaying text) are now called just "notes" and are used with the appropriate reference indicator and formatting as explained in Section 16. The marginal note indicator that you refer to, for notes that are now called sidebars, is indeed defunct. The trick here is to decide whether you have a note requiring a reference indicator or a note that is in fact a sidebar, which gets no reference indicator.
Does that help?
--Joanna
I understand the use of the dash. I'm questioning the use of the dot 5s. Both samples use the dash followed by the dot 5s. The Note states dot 5s are not used in blank cells, because answers are required. I was questioning if the dot 5s shouldn't be used at all or only after the dash.
11.9.1d is to be used when there is a specified number of rows and columns. When there are not specific number, for example the question might say list 5 items in the table, then it is up to the transcriber to decide how many rows to show or to simply put in a transcriber's note saying that in print there are x number of rows.
In Sample 11-17 the directions to not say how many of the rows are to be used, it could be one or several, in Sample 11-18 it also does not say how many of the blank rows need to be used. The dash in both signifies possible answers.
I hope this helps.
Sample 4-4 contains two errors. The italics should have been omitted and the displayed passage should have a left margin at cell 3. The heading is properly in cell 7.
Lynnette
Thank you for your question. The Chemistry Code does not make an exception to the Nemeth Code rule regarding omissions. NC Rule X, Sec.57 OMISSIONS states "... the omission symbol which is used must correspond to the sign which appears in ink print." In this case, that will be the oval. Your agency can make a decision to replace the omission shapes with a general omission symbol, if deemed appropriate, in which case you would need to state this substitution on the Transcriber's Notes page or in proximity to the problem.
In my opinion there is no good answer for a specific period of time it takes to learn the braille code.
There are several factors to consider:Is the braille student also working a part or full time job.
How many hours in a day are devoted to study
How many days in a week are devoted to study
Different people learn at different speeds
Different people have different learning styles
How quickly is the braille student able to receive feedback on lessons
and so on.I've known people that have taken anywhere from 4 months up to 2 years or more to complete the course.
The real question I have here is, why is the time it takes to learn the code even a factor.
What's most important is that they do learn it and understand how to implement what they have learned.
Are there some time restraint factors in your situation that need to be considered?Saralyn
[quote=Diane Everhart]Sorry, I have been asking around for some advice on how to help. What are the exact settings you are using on your printer? I will forward them to a friend and see if she can find a solution.[/quote]
I not sure what settings I need to send you. I am using Windows 7 and a brother HL2170W laser printer. If there is anything else you need let me know. Thank you.
lLThere are some guidlines for using refreshable braille on BANA's website. And a hardcopy can be purchased from the American Printing House for the Blind. I am not an expert in how to format refreshable braille so I would send you to these resources.
http://www.brailleauthority.org/linear/linear1987.TXT; http://www.brailleauthority.org/linear/linear1987.brf;
