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Carol,
I would center the heading Preface, leave a blank line, and then center the heading The Perfect Dog. If this is the first page of text, you will also need to have the complete title (and subtitle if one exists) centered. 🙂
Jana
Since the page with all the information on it says HarperCollins Publishers, that is what I would use.
Jana
Very helpful, thank you! I will keep these 'guidelines' for future reference. I didn't think to ask you until I was brailling playing cards (yes, just regular playing cards), and I could have used them when I brailled UNO playing cards! I was close!!!
Thank you, for all you and NBA are doing to help us all with Braille!!
Ginger
Hello Kookiaz2,
Are you going to be brailling regular playing cards or a game using playing cards? While there are no specific rules that I am aware of, you may find the following guidelines helpful. These guidelines are what our volunteer group uses. 🙂 You may want to adapt your cards for a beginning braille reader. My response is also a long one. 🙂
Transcribing Playing Cards
Erasures cannot be done successfully on playing cards, so first-time accuracy is an absolute requirement.
There is a special slate for this purpose, obtainable from Howe Press. But if you wish to use your Perkins, you’re going to have to “fool” the machine. It won’t roll in unless there is paper under the little wheel at the left edge; but if you put your card under the wheel, the braille will be too far from the left margin of the card.
Cut a strip of regular braille paper; place this at the left edge under the little wheel; and place your playing card to the right of it, before locking the paper-clamp. Best position for the card is with the edge of the card just between two raised ridges on the long bar at the back of the braillewriter. Do not use the line-spacer at all; instead “soft roll” for more accurate placement.
Different blind people may have different preferences as to the placement of the braille (front of card, back of card, upper left corner, upper right corner). Use whatever method your client prefers.Standard method. Transcribe about 1/4” from each edge (from top edge and side edge). Transcribe 2 cells in upper left corner; turn card around 180º, transcribe other upper left corner, diagonally opposite. Transcribe on the face of the card.
Alternate method #1. Put required 2 cells in upper right corner, for player who reverse-fans his cards. Looks strange to a sighted card-player but makes for easier braille reading.
Alternate method #2. We’re sure nobody would try to cheat a blind friend by reading the dots or the dimples from across the table, but—place the braille within the patterned area on the back of the card, not against a plain white border.General Instructions. Each indicator is 2 cells only; no number sign. Number first, then suit.
as ah ad ac
bs bh bd bc
cs ch cd cc
ds dh dd dc
es eh ed ec
fs fh fd fc
gs gh gd gc
hs hh hd hc
is ih id ic
xs xh xd xc (x is 10)
js jh jd jc
qs qh qd qc
ks kh kd kc
jo (usually on one joker only; leave the other joker blank, to be transcribed by the
player if he needs to replace a lost card.)If you are brailling Uno Cards, you may want to use the following guidelines:
Transcribing Uno Cards
Follow the general guidelines for transcribing playing cards (above).
General Instructions. Each indicator is either 2 or 3 cells; no number sign.
Numbered cards: number first (0-9), then color
jb jr jy jg
ab ar ay ag
bb br by bg
cb cr cy cg
db dr dy dg
eb er ey eg
fb fr fy fg
gb gr gy gg
hb hr hy hg
ib ir iy igWild cards:
wi wild
wdd wild draw four
dbr draw 2 red
dby draw 2 yellow
dbg draw 2 green
dbb draw 2 blue
sb skip blue
sy skip yellow
sr skip red
sg skip green
ry reverse yellow
rr reverse red
rg reverse green
rb reverse blueI hope you find these helpful. Let me know how successful you are 🙂
Jana
Hi Merle,
Thanks for your question. There are no firm rules regarding the brailling of diplomas. My personal preference when brailling diplomas is to braille the information, centering according to the layout of the diploma, and braille the information on a clear page braille lable that can be laid over the document. This preserves the original document should they want to display it, and the braille overlay allows your student to access the information contained therein. Do you have access to braille production materials? If you need further information, let me know. I'll be happy to help you out!
Jana
Hi Carolyn,
Is this a formats question? Or Literary Braille?
If this is a textbook question, please repost in the Formats forum.
Jana
mb,
I am concerned about your use of symbols that are not part of the literary code. There may be some confusion between literary braille and textbook formatted braille here.
Please send me a scan of the actual print page you are trying to transcribe. I am also curious as to the type of book this is. Is it a novel? Is it a technical work?
Jana
edited by JanaBrailles on 5/11/2010mb,
The Instruction Manual for Braille Transcribing, Chapter 19 discusses what is necessary for your trial manuscript. The information I quoted in my previous post was taken from the Instruction Manual, which refers to Braille Formats and the rule for preliminary pages. Remember, you only braille what you want to include in your trial manuscript. If you do not want to do the acknowledgment (as it is not listed in the requiremnts for your trial manuscript, then do not include them. If they are part of the text information, you will need to follow the rule that applies to your instance.
Jana
Hello L,
It sounds like the "Vintage Contemporaries" is a series name, just as Vintage Books is a part of Random House, the large publisher. In looking into Vintage Books, they are listed under the publishing firm of Random House, therefore, I would use Random House, New York as the publisher. You omit other publishers and locations. I would place a note in my letter to the evaluator explaining that you went with Random House becasue when looking up the publisher information for Vintage Books, it takes you to the Random House website.
Jana
edited by JanaBrailles on 5/11/2010Does this also apply to my Trial Manuscript? I was afraid to tell you it was for the Trial Manuscript since I did not want to put anyone in the wrong light as to how much help I am actually allowed to finish my manuscript.
Thank you for your help.
Mblakethe plus sign is used in print and in the copy I have referenced in the Braille Formats book Example #88. So I just basically followed that format for this Time Line.
thank you for your input. It is really great to have an expert on board!
MblakeHi,
You would omit the parenthetical pbk. List only the ISBN or ISBNs (if both 10 and 13 digit ISBNs are given, you list both). 🙂
Jana
Hello,
In the Instruction Manual for Braille Transcribing, acknowledgments are not really addressed; however, preliminary pages are to be prepared according to Braille Formats, Principles of Print to Braille Transcription
According to Rule 1, Section 18a in BF:
Acknowledgments. This code section does not refer to an author's personal words of gratitude or appreciation that must be brailled in the same manner as a preface or foreward. When the text contains a list or section consisting of the publisher's acknowledgments of permission received for the use of materials from other sources, this material must be transcribed as provided below. Acknowledgments should not be included when they refer to omitted maps, pictures, photographs, or other illustrative materials even though their accompanying captions are included in the braille edition.
(1) Follow print copy for placement and page numbering of publisher's acknowledgments that appear within the body of the text or those that are shown with page numbers in the table of contents.
(2) When publisher's acknowledgments appear in the front or back matter of the book and are not listed with page numbers in the table of contents, this material must be placed on a new braille page at the end of the last volume of the braille edition.
(3) If a heading is shown in print, follow the provisions given in Rule 4. When acknowledgments must be continued on one or more barille pages, repeat the heading followed by (cont.) at the top of each of these pages. No blank line should be left after the repeated heading.
(4) Follow the print copy when acknowledgments are printed in paragraph form. If shown as a list, begin each item in cell 1 with runovers in cell 3.Follow the rules set forth in Braille Formats. Do the acknowledgements appear in the table of contents page? If not, they would not be necessary for your trial manuscript.
I hope this helps.
Jana
