[bksvol-discuss] Re: m dash
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:05:42 -0500
Lissi,
? is a valid ASCII character. It is actually a long dash, but JAWS is
configured to call it em dash in the dictionary. Writers use it all the
time to put a stray thought in the middle or at the end of a sentence. You
might have not seen it before, though, because not all of the OCR packages
distinguish between a hyphen, a long dash, and the shorter dash ? which JAWS
refers to as en dash. These are normal. Don't worry about them.
Gerald
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] m dash
Dear Volunteers,
I think I'm validating my book in microsoft word. When listening to jaws
read, has anyone noticed him saying m dash? I'm guessing the scanner had
trouble identifying a punctuation mark, but I'm not sure if I should replace
it with a single dash or if m dash is an altogether different mark. There
are quite a few of these in the text.
Thank you for your ideas.
Always With Love,
Lissi
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