Chris Clemens
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Rather than divide the number line (which you could do), have you tried changing the number line from horizontal to vertical? The box plot that is closest to the number line in the original format should also be closest to the number line in the vertical format.
Yes you would use dots 5, 25 for the column separation line. That would make your column two cells wide even though the items in the column are only 1 cell wide.
Hopefully the Graphics section is giving you an excellent answer. You must show the shaded areas and it matters that some of the graph lines are dashed as opposed to solid. You must be able to distinguish the grid lines behind the shading. Use two different kinds of shading for the pink and blue and also different textures of line. I'm sorry I am not being very specific.
I have attached a couple of .jpeg examples from an answer section of a textbook. Note that since these are transformations, the original placement was done as a solid line, the the translations were both done in a dashed line. You may not be dealing with different colours in your examples.
If this is not what type of example you needed, please attach a .jpeg or scanned immage and I will be better able to assist you.
I also dropped a print image on the same page, so you could see both the print and braille. Hope you find this helpful.Betty
Oh! I'm glad that you caught this and posted your comment Julie! I was working on my tiny laptop at home last night and couldn't see the other colours in the attachment. When I opened it again just now on my 21" monitor at work the attachment was so much clearer!!
It sounds as though you have come up with a solution -- just make sure that the shading doesn't "over-power" the rest of the tactile.Betty
I think you will need to show the pink and blue areas too. They are showing the two inequalities individually and the purple area is showing the solution. I usually use diagonal stripped textures for this kind of diagrams: use one direction (e.g. "///") for one inequality and the other direction (e.g. "\\\") for the second one, and use mesh texture ("xxx") for the intersection.
Oh, this is interesting information, thanks. So you wouldn't show the "just pink" or "just blue" areas at all? Only the area that shows both? Yes, I'll check with Dorothy, too; I wasn't sure which section to post to, but it makes sense to do both.
Julie
I'm sorry that I missed your question earlier. I will post a couple of examples tomorrow from my office, since I know that I have some examples already completed there. Thanks for your patience!
Betty
Hi Julie
I'm replying to your question from home, and don't have all of my usual resources for checking. I'll attach a .pdf example of questions 47 and 48 to show how I would most likely show these graphs. I would extend all of the arrowheads outside of the graphing area (since they extend to iinfinity anyway), so that the reader can easily discern the difference and they are not confused with the grid lines. Does it say elsewhere in the text what the significance is of colour for each of the 2 arrows? I would use a dashed line for the grid -- it should be the least significant part of the graph. I would make the x- and y-axis a lesser line strength then the coloured arrows. I would also use different arrowheads than the axis arrows -- again to assist in distinguishing them. I would use a very light pin prick to show the intersecting shaded area. I suggest that you also check with Dorothy under the Math section of the forum.
Hope this makes sense and that you find these are helpful!Hi Vickie,
First, the 1977 Textbooks Format Code was totally revised in 1997. The 1977 book that you refer to is obsolete and should not be used at all. The current rule book is Braille Formats: Principles of Print to Braille Transcription 1997. The BANA 2007 Update takes precedence over previous rules that it covers. The Update does not cover everything. Rules that the Update does NOT cover remain the same as they are now.
The rules for foreign language braille are found in the NBA Interim Manual for Foreign Language Braille Transcription, which is available only from the NBA national office. In general, foreign language rules folow Braille Formats. However, since there are many issues that occur in foreign language that do NOT occur in English, the foreign language rules take precedence over the equivalent rule, if any, in Formats.
The applicable rule in the CURRENT 1997 Formats rule (Rule 3, Sec. 4c(2) says NOT to insert hyphens not present in print. In foreign language braille, the rules for special typeface within words are found in the Interim Manual, Section 3.3.
It would be most helpful if you coudl supply the EXACT Spanish word or words you would like help with and to show exactly what letters with such words are emphasized. If you can scan and attach copy of the print page, that would help the most because it would show the context in which this is occurring.
I have tried to supply general information. If you can send some specific information about your issue, I'll try to provide answers that are more specific.
Hope to be of further service!
--Joanna
This is how I do it. I hope I've attached the Word 2003 document correctly and yo can read it. It has the Swell Braille font from the tsbvi website. What do you think?
Julie Sumwalt
Louise,
I would assume you may divide a word anytime you want to, as long as it is done correctly. The current guidelines state you no longer have to divide words for your manuscript but it does not say you can no longer divide words! 🙂
Good luck!Jana
Would you please send a scan of one or two print pages? There may not be a direct provision for this situation but I can't tell unless I can see the actual print you are working from. When I see the print I can give you some specific answers and recommendations.
Also, please let me know what braille rules you are using. Do you have the NBA Interim Manual for Foreign Language Braille Transcribing?
--Joanna
