Hi Bob, putting two spaces after a full stop/period was dropped quite some time ago. The convention now is not to do it.
Jonathan On 3/02/2013, at 5:59 AM, Robert Fenton <[email protected]> wrote: > The point David is that you want the app to be both as convenient and usable > as possible. In my profession, two spaces after a period is still the > accepted standard for submitting written work. Leaving it to people to insert > extra spaces themselves could lead to confusion especially among those > learning braille who are now having to learn a new set of formatting rules. > By doing nothing, we are in a sense creating a set of conventions that if you > write braille with braille touch, you have to format your braille as if you > were preparing a print text. How does that assist braille teachers with > teaching braille formatting rules? > > Just some more thoughts to consider. > > Bob Fenton > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 2013-02-02, at 9:47 AM, David Chittenden <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Actually, the two spaces after a period rule is changing. Nowadays, many >> documents are written with just one space after the period. >> >> My suggestion is that no formatting algorithm be created. Instead, like with >> most things, formatting should be the responsibility of the individual >> author. >> >> David Chittenden, MSc, MRCAA >> Email: [email protected] >> Mobile: +64 21 2288 288 >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 03/02/2013, at 3:54, Robert Fenton <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello everybody: >>> >>> there is another difference in formatting between braille and print we need >>> to account for. In print, two spaces follow a periojd, whereas in braille >>> it is only one. can we add this into a formatting conversion algorythm as >>> well? Thank you. >>> >>> >>> Typed with BrailleTouch >>> >>> >>> Bob Fenton >>> >>> Sent from my iPhone >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" >>> Google Group. >>> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >>> --- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "VIPhone" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google >> Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> [email protected]. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "VIPhone" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. To search the VIPhone public archive, visit http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
