Julie Sumwalt
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Hi Melissa,
Thanks for your patience while I hashed this out with the UEB Committee. The majority is of the opinion that there is no need to use the specific double quotation marks in this instance. They are clearly labeled as Quotation Marks and, as you say, using the specific marks would likely cause more confusion than not using them. Go ahead and transcribe them as nonspecific quotation marks within parentheses.
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Hi Deborah,
Please send your information to julie.sumwalt@wcbvi.k12.wi.us. Thanks much!
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... And for the lists of crusts and sauces, there are a number of legitimate ways to handle them. I've attached a BRF file with some options. My vote, and that of the UEB expert mentioned above, is to use capital word indicators throughout.
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Hi,
The decision to keep the bullet or not is up to you, but a bullet it is. If you decide not to keep it, place the two headings on different lines. If you decide to place the headings on the same braille line, keep the bullet and follow print for spacing. If there is a table of contents with these headings, that can give you a clue as to how to handle it in the text.
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Hi Greta,
I have an answer for you about the fully capitalized addresses at last! Here is the recommendation from a top UEB expert: Consider each line as a text element in this case. Precede each line with the cap passage indicator, putting it before the number at the beginning of the second line because it is continuing an ongoing passage. (If the passage started on that line, the indicator would be placed before CHERRY.) Place the cap terminator after IL, before the zip code, in the third line.
BTW, postal codes in Canada are mixes of numbers and letters so the last line might be CONCORD ON L4K 5N2 and the cap terminator would follow the 2 for better readability.
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Hi Greta,
- You've brailled this correctly. The passage begins with REDSKIN and ends with BROCCOLI. The number of symbols-sequences within each element is irrelevant. After the first line, the passage indicators are not starting new passages, but are telling the reader that capitals are continuing.
- I think I know what to do for the crusts, and I might know what to do for the sauces, but let me verify first.
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Hi Greta,
I'll address the menu first. Yes, according to a UEB expert, the appetizer list would best be capitalized as a passage with multiple elements, as described in UEB 8.5.5. I agree that the side dishes are individual items, like a table of contents.
I'm still working on your earlier question about fully capitalized addresses. The UEB Committee is baffled, too! I'm sending it up the chain and will let you know what I find out as soon as I can.
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Hi Greta,
This is a great question! I am consulting with others to provide an answer for you.
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Hi Rebecca,
My apologies for the delay. In this case, your first option of capitalizing each letter individually is much more readable than the other two methods. Great question!
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Hi Kelly,
We recommend using a capital indicator before the B rather than a grade 1 indicator. A grade 1 indicator is usually used for lower case letters a-j after a numeral, so the capital B could easily be confused with a lower-case B.
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Hi Kelly,
This is an interesting question! I'm consulting with the UEB Committee and will get back to you.
Regards,
Julie
Hi Donna,
Since this has to do with formatting, please repost your question on the formatting forum. FYI, the attachment didn't come through. The message is that the file was too large. I'm not sure why that would be the case if it is only one page.
Regards,
Julie
Hi Cindy,
This would be a good question for the Formats forum. Please repost your query there.
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Hi,
I am going to punt this one over to the Formats forum. Please repost your question there.
Thanks,
Julie
Hi Cindy,
Thank you for the image. It was very helpful. UEB does not make a distinction between acronyms and abbreviations when considering contraction usage, only between how they are pronounced. See UEB 10.12.1 and 10.12.2. So we need to decide if OFF would be pronounced as "off" or "O-F-F." Since this is about Office 2013, and "office" uses the OF contraction, I would pronounce it as "off" and use the OF contraction.
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