Dear Paul, The apostrophe is not the same symbol as the single quote. Many sighted people think it is, but it isn't!
This is especially true for braille. The apostrophe is dot 3 but the single quotes are dot 6 2,3,6 for the opening quote and dots 3,5,6 3 for the closing single quote. These symbols are two-cell signs. When sighted people use the so-called "smart quotes" in Word, it plays havoc with screen readers because apostrophes are read as single quotes. No, No, no! The single quote and the apostrophe are two different symbols! Terri, Amateur radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 5:30 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] Suggestion > Hi, Terri. See my other message. The shift of that key gives a double > quote. Not shifting that key gives a single quote, the exact same thing > that pressing that key near the space bar does. > Paul Henrichsen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <home.pacbell.net/paulh52> > > > > ___ > To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit > http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >
