These questions came up last week, and as a youth librarian, it was only fitting to compare it to a train on a train track. With a little imagination, you may find this idea helpful when making sense of when to use the Grade 1 Symbol/Word Indicator. Have fun with this week’s Dose.
Here was the question: I have seen the man’s name Al brailled with a grade 1 letter sign before the A, then l. Why is it just one grade 1 sign, rather than 2, since it’s a whole word? How would you braille the word “alt” – using one or 2 grade 1 signs? Since it’s a word, I would use 2 grade 1 signs.
How do you know which one to use, the Grade 1 Symbol Indicator or the Grade 1 Word Indicator, it can be very confusing, or maybe not? What if you looked at it differently? –Denise Bean
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The Weekly Dose of Braille is created by our 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. This insightful Weekly Dose of Braille brings your attention to the common use of Unified English Braille and how to implement these rules and formats used by braille transcribers and proofreaders. It is a miscellaneous mixture of tricky, sometimes challenging circumstances, that a braille transcriber may come across or question, but are neatly put into a Weekly Dose of Braille for your easy access. Provided each week is a downloadable PDF file on each topic, a brf file can also be made available for your convenience.
