Does everyone remember the Preference Rule? This information is found in the Rules of Unified English Braille under sections 10.10.8 and 10.10.9. The definition states that a contraction should not be used when it would “hinder the recognition of the word”. Which by the way makes perfect sense. But, what if you don’t recognize the word? For example, there are a lot of different spellings for the same word meaning, my question is, how would you pronounce that particular word? This week’s Dose will settle what is the right thing to do, or at least provide a guideline to follow. Weekly Dose of Braille: Unknown Pronunciation Have a wonderful week and thank you for all the dedicated work that you do for others! – Denise Bean, Youth Services Librarian
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The Weekly Dose of Braille is created by our Youth Services Librarian and Braille Transcriber, Denise Bean, with the help of our Instructional Materials team. It gives you a taste of braille examples that may be used in worksheets or textbook formatting. It is a miscellaneous mixture of tricky, sometimes challenging circumstances, that a braille transcriber may come across or question. Provided each week is a downloadable PDF file on each topic, a brf file can also be made available for your convenience.
