Hi Terry,
Ah, yes, I see. I could get computer braille from Bookshare in Word format
and let my Pac Mate do the contracting. It actually has a pretty good
on-the -fly braille translator in it.
I really never thought about doing that.
The one thing about getting the braille translated by Bookshare is that, if
I don't like how they did a contraction, I can fix it. For example, they put
the grade 2 form of the word "were", dots 2-3-5-6, in front of a double
dash. Now I was always taught that that sort of thing is a no-no, and it
just doesn't look right to me. So if I encounter something like that, I fix
it by writing w er-sign e. It just looks right, and I have trouble leaving
stuff like that alone. Fortunately, I don't encounter things like that a
whole lot, else I'd get very little reading done. <smile>
I was just talking to someone today about how those who do not read braille
are at a literary disadvantage. I can often see it in the emails they write.
I can tell someone who really doesn't read much if at all because they'll
write words that are spelled correctly but are not right, such as "sense"
for "since". A spell catcher would not snag something like that, but an
actual reader would catch it immediately. Anyone who actually reads braille
much would never make that kind of mistake..
Evan
-----Original Message-----
From: Terry A Gorman (Redacted sender "t.gorman" for DMARC)
Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2019 9:19 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Computer braille versus contracted braille
Hi Evan,
When mention was made of the availability of Word as a Bookshare format it
came up that some people might prefer the contracting done by their
paperless devices to that done by the Bookshare converter. Paperless devices
probably use different Grade 2 converters from the one Bookshare uses. I use
computer braille only for foreign language material and certainly like you
prefer grade 2 for reading literary braille. I have to admit that at age 71
I like to listen to books a lot but have problems falling asleep to voice
reading so for that reason I still prefer braille. Braille keeps me awake
and on my toes! Plus you don't learn the spellings of anything when
listening.
Terry Gorman
Tandem bicyclist & Bookshare volunteer
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