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According to UEB 7.6.1 you should use the one-cell quotation marks for the predominant quotation marks used in print. According to 7.6.2 you should use the specific two-cell symbol for the inner quotation marks. I would say you could just switch them in braille. Put a Transcriber's note on your TN page stating this change to print.
Cindi
- I would say that the printing history is the top line...and only include that in my transcription.
- There is no rule that addresses this. At our agency, we add a period after the numbers and put a TN on the TN page that says something like: "In print, numbers identifying exercise questions are enclosed in circles. In braille, the circles are omitted and the numbers are followed by a period."
- In order for a linked expression to need special margins, it must be displayed. By doing these as 7-5 captions (which I agree with, by the way) you don't need the special margins. Just transcribe them as if the expression is on one line in print.
Cindi
I would also like to note that tables and puzzles are always single-spaced, even when in a box and requested in double-spaced format.
Cindi
Okay - I have not been able to verify any other rules than those few that Braille Formats mentions:
BF 1.7.2 Double-spacing is often requested when a reader is learning braille.a.Use two blank lines wherever there is normally one blank line.b.Insert a blank line before and after a page change indicator.Exceptions:g.Do not insert any blank lines after a top box line.h.Do not insert any blank lines before a bottom box line.I hope this helps!CindiI'm sorry for the delay in responding - I am trying to get in touch with someone who knows more about this than I do! I will answer as soon as I find more information.
Cindi
The clue words should be in uncontracted braille (in the braille file attached).
As for the answer. I've used the method of stating something like "the word TEXTURE begins with the 2nd letter in row 1 and goes across the page". But that was when there was only 1 answer given. This method could still work for your answer puzzles. You could do an overall TN that states word placement is in a TN following each word (or something similar to that) and then have a list like:
TEXTURE tnrow 1, letter 2, acrosstn
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PROPERTY tnrow 4, letter 9, downtn
There is, obviously, no BF rule about this. It does follow a similar format as the crossword puzzle which has the overall explanation TN and then an embedded TN after each clue.
Cindi
This is a list where every item is italicized. You open italics before each item in the list and close it once at the end of the list. It follows the same rules as multiple paragraphs that are emphasized shown in 5.6 of Braille Formats. Also see 9.9.1 of the UEB rule book.
Cindi
Which reference sheet are you referring to? The one on Braille 2000? It is available from Bob Stepp's website...but I have also attached it here.
Cindi
Sorry for the delay in responding - I wanted to pool the committee to be sure I was not speaking off the top of my head 🙂
- Six cells is enough to ensure the reader can find the page numbers...you do not need to expand that margin if you have really long page numbers. I will look into clarifying that in Formats.
- I found this question a bit confusing. If you have 21ST CENTURY SKILLS you would start the passage indicator after 21 - even though it looks really weird - and terminate it after SKILLS. If 21ST CENTURY is also italicized, you would need to keep that for distinction. For that, use italic word indicators on each word.
- Because the "definition" on the special symbols page says acute accent above the following letter, one entry works for both the lowercase and uppercase letters.
Cindi
I'll answer it here since I'm online 🙂
I believe I would treat this as an epigraph - a short explanation of the text that follows. Block it in cell 1, leave a blank line, centered heading, blank line, main text.
Cindi
As there are no rules (Formats or Nemeth) that address situations like this, this is probably more of a Math forum question...but I asked the NBA Math chair her opinion...and here are two suggestions:
- Treat the tens and ones headings as column headings (including column separation lines) and space the spatially arranged equation accordingly. If there are a lot of these instances, then I might suggest doing this once and then putting a transcriber’s note to explain the print use and not continuing to include these column headings in braille.
- Do a transcriber's note to explain that there are headings in print but they are omitted in braille. Be sure to look through the book to be sure that if there are any other instances (and I'm sure there are) they could all be done in the same manner.
Cindi
We are currently in the Beta Test phase for the Formats 2016 certifications. We hope to have this program up and running this fall.
Cindi
The issue here is really the box. When text that requires a blank line following it (in this case, the box) ends on line 24 or 25, then a blank line is needed on the next braille page. So your list - doesn't matter if it is a new list or the continuation of a list - should begin on line 3 (running head on line 1).
Cindi
