Katrina Ostby
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So how do we use a computer program to do this? Is there any posted documentation anywhere on how to convert a LaTeX or MathML file into UEB with the math in Nemeth Code? Are there any conferences scheduled with lectures on how to do this?
There doesn't seem to be a standard way to handle barred letters. If you weren't already having to indicate script letters, script is what I would suggest, and how most people I have discussed this with handle the symbol for the set of real numbers. Do you yourself have any suggestions? Or maybe another transcriber has found a good solution?
There are no rules about this any place that I can find, so I can only offer advice. The only purpose of the letter sign (with one exception I'll get to) is to provide clarity between contractions, particularly single-letter whole word contractions and letters that mean letters. In uncontracted braille, there (duh) are no contractions. Think of it as reading print. There are no contractions in print and letters that mean letters are identified visually and by context. That includes lower case Roman numbers. Therefore, no letter signs.
I'm having a brain freeze, no doubt, but I don't get what "m in numbers" refers to.
The exception I mentioned above is letter/number combinations such as 42b. The letter sign would be necessary for the b so that the number is not read as 422.
--Joanna
