He means the second key to the right of the space bar. I said the wrong thing myself the other day.
By the way, the single quote and apostrophe subject came up on the Duxbury list a few months ago. There used to be a key on the PC keyboard for the single quote on the PC keyboard. I think a sighted member of the list mentioned the single quote is not the same symbol as either the apostrophe or the grave accent. Many sighted people use the "smart quotes" in Word but the feature isn't too smart because it doesn't know the difference between a single quote and an apostrophe. I have seen material which uses single quotes where apostrophes should have been used and vice versa. To make things even more confusing, the Ansi value of a single quote, apostrophe and a grave accent are three different numbers! The BN is the only computer which writes the single quote in correct braille, thanks to the special key. I haven't checked with a sighted person to see if the print is right, but I'm almost sure it is. Now, if you want the single quote to be correct on a PC, then you must press the grave accent key which is the key to the left of the number 1 key. Whether that's the best thing to use in print, I don't know, but I do know andistinction between the apostrophe and single quote is necessary. It was also recommended "smart quotes" should be turned off. Terri, Amateur radio call sign KF6CA. Army MARS call sign AAT9PX, California ----- Original Message ----- From: "wilma johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 8:28 PM Subject: Re: [Braillenote] The single quote versus the apostrophe > Hi Paul, > > I don't know what keyboard you're looking at but the button to the right > of the space bar is the "repeat" key andnd the one to the left of the No. 1 > is the escape. Maybe I'm not understanding what you're talking about. > > Wilma > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Henrichsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Braillenote List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 5:22 PM > Subject: Re: [Braillenote] The single quote versus the apostrophe > > > > Hi, Roselle. If I press that key to the left of number one, it says grave > > accent. A shift, as you stated is a tilde. I'd have to ask my wife, a > > writer, where the grave accent is used, but it is an accent mark, I > believe. > > I tried opening a document in the bn and typing this quote followed by > > Hello. and another quote or pressing that key. It didn't show anything on > > the braille display. If I typed it by itself, it showed what looked like a > > dropped h with a dot on either side, but once I entered another word, it > > disappeared. > > I know that when I scan a document and if they are quoting something that > > someone else said, not someone speaking in the book, they do use the > > apostrophe. > > So, if that quote key to the right of the spacebar is a grave accent, then > > that makes sense. Pressing a shift of that key does indeed give one the > > tilde. So, it appears that that particular key is the same as the one to > > the left of the number one on a standard keyboard. > > I suppose it should say grave accent since that is what is said on a > > standard keyboard and quote is sort of misleading. > > 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 > > > > > ___ > 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 >
