[Connie Stone]

Mary,

It did challenge the committee with the interpretation of the rules but the formats committee was up for the challenge.

You will follow print with the division of banner as in the second example. [Braille Formats 1.10.1 Last line]

Keep up the good work,

Connie

 

[Connie Stone]

Soo Jo Kim,

The lines under the "Group Translation" heading appear to just be blank lines for notes. They do not align evenly with lines under "Group Poem". I would not consider this a table, therefore you do not need the guide dots. You would also need to change the Group Poem to a Center Heading due to Origins of  Violence having to be centered. I suggest you place a TN under the Group Translation such as "Ten blank lines are provided for notes."

Hope this helps,

Connie

[Connie Stone]

Christine,

In Braille Formats Principles of Print-to-Braille-Transcription, 2016 rule 8.3.5d states "A heading must be followed by at least one complete list item before the list is continued on a new braille page." And there was a March 2024 Update which added "(which may be more than one braille line)".

You can go to the BANA website to download this Formats version and get the updates.

Thank you,

Connie

 

 

 

 

 

[Connie Stone]

Hello Pamela,

Follow print with spacing and punctuation for these type of references.

Thank you for a great question,

Connie

[Connie Stone]

Soo Ja Kim,

This is a lot of headings, 5 before text. You can follow a cell-5 heading with a cell-5 heading but you cannot follow a cell-7 heading with a cell-7 heading so I suggest the following. Make sure that you stay consistent with this same hierarchy throughout the book.

6 General (Centered Heading)

6.1 General Settings (Centered Heading)

6.1.1 Language (Cell-5 Heading)

6.1.1.1 Download (Cell-5 Heading)

6.1.1.1.1 Change (Cell 7 Heading)

Text

6.1.1.1.2 Change (Cell 7 Heading)

Text

6.1.1.1.3 Swap voices (Cell 7 Heading)

Text

Great job! Keep up the good work,

Connie

[Connie Stone]

The Formats Committee has continued discussing this topic and has now come to the conclusion that we would say to follow print and divide the syllabified word between pages as in print. This is the most consistent with the rules and UEB.

Thank you,

Connie

[Connie Stone]

My original answer was to keep the syllabified words together and place the page change after. The idea behind rule 20.2.1c is to maintain that a syllabified word is on one line.

I asked the Formats Committee the question concerning dividing syllabified words between pages. The Committee had a good discussion with differing opinions. You can consider grade or if phonetics are involved. Is print or syllabification more important to the reader. Since we can not determine if the reader uses the syllabification, we chose the syllabification and that we would not divide the syllabified words between pages.

Thank you,

Connie

 

[Connie Stone]

Mary,

I am sorry that I must of overlooked this question yesterday. No, it is not required to list box lines on the SSP. You can refer to Appendix G in the Textbook Formats for a list of requirements.

Connie

 

[Connie Stone]

Lindy,

I created an example so I hope it helps. I hope it doesn't happen often because it is not good even for a sighted reader but I have seen it before myself.

Thank you,

Connie

 

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[Connie Stone]

Mary,

You are correct and they are not required to be listed. They are not technical codes.

Some agencies may require these codes be added, and agencies can make these items as part of their specs.

Keep up the good work,

Connie

 

 

[Connie Stone]

Mary,

Under Appendix G of the Textbook Code you are not required to list the note separation line or line-mode on the SSP.

You could work for an agency that request this information and then you would follow their request.

Hope this answers your question,

Connie

 

 

[Connie Stone]

Mary,

In the case of the syllabicated words I would also look to rule 20.2.1c which wants the syllabicated word on one line if it fits. So you would be correct to keep the word as a whole on the page (and line) it began.

Connie

[Connie Stone]

Lucas,

Sometimes silly questions can be the ones that make us ponder the most. I would still put The End in TN symbols since this is the rule that informs the braille reader that it is the end of the transcription. I would also follow print and put The End to show that it is in print.

Thank you for the pondering,

Connie

[Connie Stone]

Xia,

The paragraph about the author on the back cover with be placed under cover jacket material in the p pages (Rule 2.8).  Follow the print placement location of the "About the Author" at the end of the book.

As for the social media symbols, if this is the only reference to these symbols I suggest naming the symbols inside TN symbols and add a TN before stating that social media symbols are identified prior to web addresses. Such as:

TNfacebookTN joshpeckofficial

TNtwitterTN @joshpeck

Continue the good work,

Connie

[Connie Stone]

Rodney,

With the information that you have provided and not seeing the actual page it appears it is directions in 5-5, since the material is followed by questions.

Connie

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