UEB Rulebook
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3.18.1Follow print for the transcription of the natural, flat and sharp signs within UEB text. | |
3.18.2When the natural, flat and sharp signs are found within musical notation, use the provisions of the New International Manual of Braille Music Notation for their transcription. | |
3.19.1Follow print for use of the number sign. | |
3.20.1Follow print for use of the paragraph and section signs. | |
3.21.1Follow print for use of the percent sign. | |
3.22.1In non-technical material, list the complete shape symbol (without any grade 1 indicator) and its meaning on the symbols page or in a transcriber's note.
Note: A grade 1 indicator may need to be added before the symbol in the text of the document being transcribed.
Refer to: Section 11.7, Technical Material, and Guidelines for Technical Material, Part 14, for further information on shapes; and 3.26 for transcriber-defined symbols. | |
3.23.1A space is a blank area separating words, letters, numbers and punctuation. Whenever there is some amount of space in print, including at the end of a line, there is a space in braille. If there is doubt as to whether a space is present in print, presume one is present. The amount of space present is not considered important.
Note: In print, formatting and other techniques can leave varying amounts of space. In braille, formatting rules may also require varying amounts of space, for example two spaces at the beginning of a paragraph and aligning text in a table.
Refer to: Section 6.6, Numeric Mode, for the special case of a space used as a separator within a number and to Section 11.2.2, Technical Material, for spacing in mathematics. | |
3.24.1Indicate the subscript or superscript position when used in print. In grade 2 braille, use grade 1 mode for the subscript and the superscript indicators.
Refer to: Section 11.4, Technical Material, for superscripts and subscripts and to 3.4, for braille grouping indicators. | |
3.25.1Refer to: Section 4.2, Letters and Their Modifiers, for the tilde accent above a letter.
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3.26.1Use a transcriber-defined symbol for any print symbol which has no UEB equivalent and which occurs so frequently in the text that the use of a transcriber-defined shape or composite symbol would be impractical. List each transcriber-defined symbol used and its meaning on the symbols page or in a transcriber's note. Note: In grade 2 braille, use grade 1 mode for the first transcriber-defined print symbol. Refer to: Section 4.2, Letters and Their Modifiers, for transcriber-defined modifiers and Section 9.5, Typeforms, for transcriber-defined typeform indicators. | |