Preceding Blank Lines, Headings, all Materials
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.
Do you think we can refer to braille formats as an example of city streets and traffic lights? Maybe? Try this: “Think of a Blank Line before a heading, as a STOP sign.” Actually, during this week’s Dose, the thought had crossed my mind. Blank lines and formatting are key to understanding the importance shown in print text. Remember, what is shown in print should be transcribed into braille, of course, depending on the content.
Thank you for your questions! Enjoy your week!
Denise
For more information and to see past Weekly Dose of Braille topics check out our Weekly Dose of Braille Page.
