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It's sometimes hard to offer advice based on a small sample of a book. But based on just what you sent, this is displayed literary material (offset by different margins) within a Nemeth text (26.4.2 is correct for that). That means a blank line before and after and adjusted margins (5-3). If you choose to make Example a heading...it would be indented to cell 9 above the displayed paragraph. Or you could just keep the bold and make it a paragraph heading.
Cindi Laurent (for Lindy)
The basic section of 7.3.3 is accurate...but yes, 7.3.3b is specific. The updates are general clarifications - they are not errata. Errata would be a specific correction to something that is incorrect in formats. The updates are clarifications to what is already there.
Cindi
The reference of 1.18 is incorrect. This material will be added to Appendix C. I apologize for the confusion!
Cindi
You are correct, there is no specific symbol for a check mark in the updated Nemeth code. The suggested method for representing a check mark within Nemeth switches is to create an icon.
Cindi (standing in for Lindy)
Per BF 2.3.4b: Follow print for capitalization of all titles...so yes. Keep the title lowercase on the title page and in the running head.
Cindi
I do not - I have never seen anything like that. With the UEB underline indicators, this alternate practice should NOT be used. And definitely not on any kind of standardized test. I suspect that was before we had UEB underlining 🙂
Cindi
This would be better asked on the Braille formats thread rather than the UEB thread. However...I'll answer it here 🙂 I agree with the centered and cell 5 headings. The bold Kenny Rogers is a paragraph heading. Because it is followed by the continuation of a sentence I would not recommend making this another level of heading. Just leave the bold on it and make it part of the paragraph. See BF 4.8 for more info on paragraph headings.
Cindi
Following the rule of Formats says you must follow print if there are a variety of paragraph styles within a text.
A friend used to tell me that "a good transcriber's note covers a multitude of sins". If you could come up with a good transcriber's note that explains how you have changed the format, that might be an option. If you can't come up with a good transcriber's note to explain what you want to do...you probably shouldn't change the format. 🙂 I know this text is huge (close to 1000 pages, right?) and adding all those blank lines for blocked paragraphs could add cost to the final document. The requestor can ALWAYS ask for something done as they would like...it's an agency decision. Sometimes we, as transcribers, have to fight back because we know that following the rules is a good idea...and sometimes we don't.
Just a side note: if you are ever taking a formats exam; follow the rules 🙂
Cindi
That's so funny! I'm working on a different level of this series and I've got the same contents issue! I'm still playing with ideas for this. My current plan is to use an icon and handle it like the rules for colored boxes. Put the icon on the opening box line. Of course, a transcriber's note will need to explain what is happening. Here's my thought on the TN (still a work in progress): In the contents, there are items enclosed in boxes that are to be compared. In braille, the box is included with an icon (edco) on the opening box line. A space follows the icon.
If you come up with a better plan, let me know 🙂
Cindi
After committee input: You could present it as three separate puzzle grids. A is the top and left, B is the top and right. C is the left and right. You would need a good transcriber's note to explain what you did...and it's a little tricky so you need to be very careful how you present the puzzle grids (B and C are the trickiest!). I did samples of A and B and have attached it as a word document. Hope this helps!
Super interesting! Best of luck with it 🙂
Cindi
If every paragraph in a book has a blank line before or after it, you can ignore those. If the blank line is being used as a break in context, then rule 1.9 applies and that blank line is retained in braille. With the blank lines before/after a print page, the same concept is true. If it represents a break in context or a change in thought, then retain it. If it is consistently that way throughout the book but does not appear to represent a change in context, ignore it.
Cindi
If I understand correctly, your print has something that looks like this:
*** 3 ***
for print page 3. Or maybe like this:
***********3
**********
Either way, the asterisks and blank lines are ignored.
What guideline are you looking at that references blank lines and headings? BF does say that centered headings need blank lines before/after...but that does NOT apply to print page numbers.
Cindi
I don't think I've ever seen this situation! Per 11.6.1g, no guide dots are required for the row with the runover.
It actually seems wrong to put guide dots in the middle of an entry ... but I understand you are "leading" the reader to the next column. You might consider keying that one column entry so that it can stay on one braille line. For the facing tables format, putting guide dots within an entry may cause the reader some confusion. Another option would be to include a transcriber's note about what you've done. Something like: When a table entry has a runover, guide dots are inserted within the entry to lead the reader to the next column.
Cindi
Sorry for the delay - I didn't get notified of your comment!
I think the icon should be placed on the same braille line as Listening Focus. You can choose to put it either before or after the heading and then be consistent.
Make the Title of the song another heading - either centered or cell 5. Then the info below it (the Instrumentation stuff) is just a paragraph. Put a blank line after it as a break in context.
Cindi
