braille module 49 ditto sign, telephone numbers, postal
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Braille Module 49 Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, Postal Codes, Dates and Format for Letters LOC Literary Lesson 13, Sections 13.5-13.9
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Braille Module 49 Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, Postal Codes,
Dates and Format for Letters LOC Literary Lesson 13.5-13.9
Summary
Goal(s): The goal is for the student to gain an understanding of ditto signs, telephone numbers, postal codes, dates, format for letters and the rules concerning the usage of these symbols. The students will also
play the game: Jeopardy.
SMART Objectives: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-sensitive
By the end of this module, students should be able to:
BS49.1: Know about the ditto signs, telephone numbers, postal codes, and
dates.
BS49.2: Know the format for letters
(correspondence).
BS49.3: Review and test on the ditto sign, telephone numbers, postal codes, dates,
and the format for letters.
BS49.4: Demonstrate knowledge proficiency of the symbols and rules by playing the game: Jeopardy!
Instructor:
Braille instructor
Delivery Method(s):
Lecture Classroom reading
Discussion One-on-one reading Hands on
Length: 5 hours
Four topics
Any Applicable Business and/or Soft Skills:
Corresponding LOC Manual:
Lessons 11-12 Lesson 13.5 with EBAE VIII.31.e Lesson 13.6 with EBAE VI.27.f Lesson 13.7 with EBAE VI.27.d Lesson 13.8 with EBAE VI.27.e Lesson 13.9
Take Away Message(s): You have been doing a great job! Don’t give up. Keep studying hard and reviewing the rules. Remember how important proofreading is. It is easy to think that we have no mistakes, but the evidence is revealed when someone else proofreads our work. Enjoying a good game is a perfect learning tool for you to apply the rules you have been studying. Encourage your teammates. Team building is the sky light in your career. Helping one another lets your light shine but also allows
others to shine the light of knowledge into you.
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Instructor Preparation
Title of Module: Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, Postal Codes, Dates and Format for Letters
The purpose of this module is to introduce the ditto signs, telephone numbers, postal codes, date and format for letters. The students will also continue the process of
structuring. The students will play the game: Jeopardy.
Agenda – topics to be covered in the module and length of each item
Topic: Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, Postal Codes,
Dates and Format for Letters Time Allotted: 5 hours
A. The Ditto Signs, Telephone Numbers, Postal Codes, and Dates
(1 hour)
B. Format for Letters (Correspondence)
(1.5 hours)
C. Review and Test
(1 hour)
D. Play the Game: Jeopardy!
(1.5 hours)
Materials and Supplies – items needed in order to carry out the agenda and classroom activities
1. LOC Manual
2. EBAE
3. BANA Braille Codes Update, 2007
4. Handouts and Answer Sheets: Lesson 13.5-13.9: Worksheet (49.B.1), Answers to Lesson 13.5-13.9: Worksheet (49.B.2), Lesson 13:Test (49.C.1), and Answers to Lesson 13:Test (49.C.2), JEOPARDY Ribbons (49.D.1), and Jeopardy Questions
(49.D.2) (one copy of answer sheets and Jeopardy materials)
5. You will need copies of the Proofreading Error sheet from Module 6 (6.A.1).
6. Keep a log of the highest scores and the group tries to make it to the top 10 winners.
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Classroom Preparation
1. Each workstation should have a computer, a braille writer, a slate and stylus, an LOC Manual, EBAE, a means of communicating with the embosser (network or thumb drive), braille paper (not-tractor feed), a braille eraser, pen/pencil, notebook, and highlighter.
2. Have chalk and erasure board ready for use.
3. Have the computer for the game ready to play.
4. Familiarize yourself with the game format. Spend at least 30 minutes working with the
game.
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Curriculum Content
A. The Ditto Signs, Telephone Numbers, Postal Codes, and Dates (1 hour)
Objective BS49.1: Know about the ditto signs, telephone numbers, postal codes, and
dates.
PREINSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES
The instructor will be familiar with LOC Manual: Lesson 13.5 and EBAE VIII.31.e which
covers ditto signs, 13.6 and EBAE VI.27.f, which covers telephone numbers, 13.7 and
EBAE VI.27.d which covers postal codes, and 13.8 and EBAE VI.27.e., which covers
dates. They will also be familiar with Drill 34.
You will need copies of the Proofreading Error (6.A.1) sheet from Module 6.
CONTENT PRESENTATION AND LEARNER PARTICIPATION
As a class the students will read and discuss LOC Manual: Lesson 13.5 and EBAE VIII.31.e
about the ditto sign.
Some reminders and questions for the students:
“What dot formation is the print ditto sign represented in braille by? Answer: dots
5, 2, which is a two-cell symbol. Always leave a space before and after a braille
ditto sign. What do you do when multiple ditto signs are shown in print? Answer:
only one ditto sign is used in braille. Which page is this symbol listed on? Answer:
List this sign on the special symbols page.”
As a class the students will read and discuss LOC Manual: Lesson 13.6 and EBAE VI.27.f
about telephone numbers.
Some reminders and questions for the students:
“How do you transcriber telephone numbers consisting of all numbers? Answer:
follow print spacing. Telephone numbers composed of both letters and numbers are
brailled without spaces or contractions, regardless of print.
In lists of telephone numbers for actual use, it is best not to divide _____-digit numbers or letter/number combinations between lines. Answer: seven. Long distance numbers may be divided at any point at which a hyphen or space occurs before the seven-digit local number. A telephone number mentioned in a story
situation may be divided between lines at any print hyphen.
Can you use the st contraction is 1-800-STOP? Answer: no. This is because STOP is
to be read as individual letters, each letter representing a number to be dialed. This
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also applies to radio call letters, such as WERN-FM, and any random combination of
numbers and letters such as model numbers.”
As a class the students will read and discuss LOC Manual: Lesson 13.7 and EBAE VI.27.d
about postal codes.
Some reminders and questions for the students:
“Are Postal districts and ZIP codes are spaced in braille as they appear in print?
Answer: yes. Can you use contractions in postal codes? Answer: No, you also
cannot divide them between lines.”
As a class the students will read and discuss LOC Manual: Lesson 13.8 and EBAE VI.27.e
dates.
Some reminders and questions for the students:
“Follow print when a date is indicated by the numbers of the month, day, and year
(or day, month, and year) separated by slashes or hyphens. What do you use to
separate when print uses separators, such as spaces or dots? Answer: Substitute
braille hyphens. Only one number indicator should precede the entire group. Do
not divide between lines.
When inclusive dates are joined by a hyphen or a dash, do you repeat the number
indicator before the second date? Answer: yes.”
Next the students will complete Drill 34 on Page 13-11 using Perky Duck.
When the students have completed this activity, which includes proofreading their own work, they can exchange drills and proofread each other’s work using the “How to Successfully Proofread” steps.
B. Format for Letters (Correspondence) (1.5 hours)
Objective BS49.2: Know the format for letters (correspondence).
PREINSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES
The instructor will be familiar with LOC Manual: Lesson 13.9 which covers the format for
letters (correspondence), including in general and blank lines in letters.
You will need the following handouts: Lesson 13.5-13.9: Worksheet (49.B.1) and
Answers to Lesson 13.5-13.9: Worksheet (49.B.2).
You will need copies of the Proofreading Error Sheet from Module 6 (6.A.1).
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CONTENT PRESENTATION AND LEARNER PARTICIPATION
As a class read and discuss LOC Manual: Lesson 13.9 about the format for letters
(correspondence).
Some reminders and questions for the students:
“True or False: No rules are given in EBAE or Braille Formats: Principles of Print to Braille Transcription for brailling letters of correspondence. Answer: True, but there
are the following guidelines:
Always follow print copy as to the location of headings, inside addresses, closings, and signatures, indenting in braille as they appear in print. Indented paragraphs in
the body of the letter should start in the third cell, as all braille paragraphs do.
How do you block a heading? Answer: To block a heading, count the number of cells needed for the longest line. This line should end at the extreme right-hand margin. All other lines of the heading start in the same numbered cell as the longest line. Runover lines should be avoided in the heading and inside address—even if this means that the blocked lines of the heading start left of the middle of
the page.
What do you do if there is not enough room to include the last line of the body of the letter as well as the complimentary closing, signature, writer's and typist's initials, and notice of enclosure on a braille page? Answer: take the last line of the
body of the letter to a new page.
It is recommended that the closing and signature be brailled following the rules for ____. Answer: Attributions, start each line in cell 5.
Blank lines are left in braille letters between segments that are not distinguished by____ ____. Answer: margin indentions. When a letter is written in semiblock form, as in the illustration above and the following exercise, the only place a blank
line is needed in braille is between the inside address and the salutation.
True or False: If a letter is written in full block form (without an indention) and all segments start at the left margin, the same should be done in braille. Answer: True. In order to enable a braille reader to distinguish the different segments of the letter, leave a blank line is left between the inside address and the salutation, the salutation and the first paragraph, and between following paragraphs. A blank line is also left between the last line of the body of the letter and the closing. If there are writer's initials and/or a notice of enclosures followed by a postscript, a blank
line should separate the two.”
The instructor will pass out the Lesson 13.5-13.9: Worksheet (49.B.1).This worksheet was created as a help tool with8 sentences and a short letter for the students to proofread and find the mistakes. They are to highlight the incorrect braille. Please go over this
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worksheet with the students and allow time for questions. There is an answer key
included. Remind the students to look in the rule book for help.
C. Review and Test (1 hour)
ObjectiveBS49.3: Review and test on the ditto sign, telephone numbers, postal codes,
dates, and the format for letters.
PREINSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES
The instructor will be familiar with Lesson 13.5-13.9.
You will need the following handouts: Lesson 13.5-13.9: Test (49.C.1) and Answer to
Lesson 13.5-13.9: Test (49.C.2).
CONTENT PRESENTATION AND LEARNER PARTICIPATION
Review Lesson 6 of the LOC Manual. The review is designed to prepare the students for the test. The instructor is to go over each section with emphases on areas that will be on the test. Allow the students to ask any questions pertaining to the context of LOC Manual: Lesson 13.5-13.9.
The instructor will pass out the Lesson 13.5-13.9: Test (49.C.1) to each student. This test consists of matching the words to the braille symbols and true and false. An answer key is included.
The expected outcome of the test will help both the instructor and the students to understand the students’ strengths and weaknesses. This will allow them to work together
to strengthen the students weaknesses in any area.
ASSESSMENT
This test is necessary for the students and the instructor to determine the knowledge acquired over Lesson: 13.5-13.9 of the Instruction Manual for Braille Transcribing Fifth Edition, 2009.It is expected that the students will fully grasp the rules for the ditto sign,
telephone numbers, postal codes, dates, and the format for letters.
D. Play the Game: Jeopardy! (1.5 hours)
Objective BS49.4: Demonstrate knowledge proficiency of the symbols and rules by
playing the game: Jeopardy!
PREINSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES
The instructor should become familiar with the computerized game of Jeopardy. The instructor must be able to demonstrate how this game is played. They must also be able to train someone to run the game on the computer. You will need an impartial player from
the class but preferably an outsider to run the game on the computer.
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You may want to make JEOPARDY Ribbons (49.D.1) printed on card stock paper for
the winners.
You will need a copy of the Jeopardy Questions (49.D.2) for the instructor.
CONTENT PRESENTATION AND LEARNER PARTICIPATION
Divide the students into groups of three and have each group pick a name for the group.
Some reminders to the students:
“The purpose of the game is to have fun and to apply what you have learned in
Lessons 11-13.
Remember that teamwork will create an environment that will allow the game to
flow as you challenge the other team. ENJOY!”
The questions for Lessons are included in the handouts. This is a reference guide for the instructor to follow.
Read the instructions to the students so they will get an idea of how the game is played.
The students should answer their own questions without help from the other students.
Each contestant or team will be given an answer in which they must pose the corresponding question. Dollar values are assigned to each answer. The contestant or
team with the most money in the end wins!
You may not be able to go through all the questions from Lessons 11-13. A suggestion is to start the game on Lesson 13 and work downwards. This will allow for the students to
practice their latest lessons, due to the timetable.
See Jump Start Directions that are attached.
ASSESSMENT
The outcome of the game is to test the students on their knowledge of Lessons 11-13 while in a fun environment.
Remember that people learn from their mistakes. Allow for time to ask questions. There may have been errors or changes in the LOC rules and this is a great time to acknowledge
these with a class discussion.
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Braille Module 49 Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, Postal Codes, Dates and Format for Letters LOC Literary Lesson 13, Sections 13.5-13.9 Handouts and Answer Sheets
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Lesson 13.5-13.9: Worksheet (49.B.1)
Proofread each sentence and highlight each braille cell that is incorrect.
1. The tickets for the Symphony are $25 to $55, but you can get a discount of 25% by
calling (801) 555-5551.
2. Henry stayed at the Y. M. C. A. on Main St. until 7a.m.
3. Carrie will fly from St. Paul, Minn. to Little Rock, Ark. for the family reunion on 6/6/11.
4. Krissy leaves for TA&M University on 8-12-11.
5. Will your child attend the Fall Festival on 10/1-10/3?
6. The phone number for after school homework help is: 1-800-KNOW.
7. The address is Rr#21, Augusta, Georgia.
8. The sign read: FREE KITTENS: CALL DR7-1234 Or VISIT SW2 Straight Lane, Crown
Point, Ind. 00755-7201.
Proofread the following letter and highlight each braille cell that is incorrect.
32 Ransom Road Mountain View, Cal. 00013
July 8, 2011 Cathy Harmon M.L1 Merry Lane Rio Rancho, NM 87002 Dear Mr. Jack Wills, I would like to inform you that you have won the prize you signed up for at the county fair! We will be mailing it to your house and wanted to make sure we had the correct address. Please call me @ 1-999-325-6808. Congratulations!
Sincerely, Cathy Harmon
49.B.1
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49.B.1
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Answers to Lesson 13.5-13.9: Worksheet (49.B.2)
Proofread each sentence highlight each braille cell that is incorrect.
1. The tickets for the Symphony are $25 to $55, but you can get a discount of 25% by
calling (801) 555-5551.
2. Henry stayed at the Y.M.C.A. on Main St. until 7a.m.
3. Carrie will fly from St. Paul, Minn. to Little Rock, Ark. for the family reunion on 6/6/11.
4. Krissy leaves for TA&M University on 8-12-11.
5. Will your child attend the Fall Festival on 10/1-10/3?
6. The phone number for after school homework help is: 1-800-KNOW.
7. The address is Rr#21, Augusta, Georgia.
8. The sign read: FREE KITTENS: CALL DR7-1234 Or VISIT SW2 Straight Lane, Crown
Point, Ind. 00755-7201.
Proofread the following letter and highlight each braille cell that is incorrect.
32 Ransom Road Mountain View, Cal. 00013
July 8, 2011
Cathy Harmon M.L1 Merry Lane Rio Rancho, NM 87002 Dear Mr. Jack Wills,
I would like to inform you that you have won the prize you signed up for at the county fair! We will be mailing it to your house and wanted to make sure we had the correct address. Please call me @ 1-999-325-6808. Congratulations!
Sincerely, Cathy Harmon
49.B.2
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Answers to the sentences
1. Line 1.03: Need a blank space between the area code and phone number.
2. Line 1.04: No intervening spaces between Y.M.C.A.
3. Line 1.08: The slash is missing dots 456 before dots 34.
4. Line 1.10: Do not repeat the number sign after the hyphens in the date.
5. Line 1.12: Repeat the number sign after the hyphen in 10/1-10/3.
6. Line 1.14: Do not contract “ow” in phone number.
7. Line 1.15: Need the number sign after the crosshatch sign.
8. Line 1.20: Do not repeat the number sign after the hyphen in 00755-7201.
Answers to the letter
Lines 2.01-.03: Heading is blocked on the left side and No blank line afterwards
Lines 2.08: Dear Mr. Jack Wills should be in cell 1.
Lines 2.08, 2.09: The paragraph should start in cell 3.
Line 2.12: The at symbol is dots 4, 1.
Lines 2.15, 2.16: Both the complimentary close, Sincerely and the name Cathy Harmon should be in cell 5 with no blank line before it.
49.B.2
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PROFITT Curriculum Module # 49 — Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, etc.
Braille Module 49-16
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49.B.2
PROFITT Curriculum Module # 49 — Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, etc.
Braille Module 49-17
Lesson 13: Test (49.C.1) Match the following words to the braille symbols below.
pound(s) (sterling) section percent ampersand
foot, feet cent(s) copyright
registered trade mark euro trademark
minute(s) (angular & time) degree inch(es)
crosshatch (“number” or “pounds”) at yen
second(s) (angular & time) paragraph dollar(s)
49.C.1
1. @3P
2. SEC
3. M9
4. DG
5. FT
6. P>
7. @C
8. @9
9. ^T
10. @A
11. S'
12. _?
13. ^C
14. @Y
15. @&
16. @E
17. ^R
18. L
19. 4
PROFITT Curriculum Module # 49 — Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, etc.
Braille Module 49-18
Answer True or False to the following statements.
20. When print symbols have distinctive braille equivalents list these symbols on the Transcriber’s Notes page. True False
21. When a print symbol that is represented in braille by a letter abbreviation immediately follows a number or letter, a letter indicator is inserted before the abbreviation.
True False
22. The symbols used for inches, feet, minutes and seconds of time or angular measure (' ") are often referred to as prime and doable prime marks. True False
23. When print symbols have distinctive braille equivalents use these equivalents and follow print order whenever the following print symbols are encountered. True False
24. When in print the symbols for the dollar, pound, or section stand alone or are in conjunction with a word or abbreviation, in braille the print symbol indicator (dot 6) is inserted before the braille equivalent of the symbol. True or False
25. Sterling coinage is brailled as it appears in print and follows print spacing.
True False
26. The appropriate uncapitalized word(s) should be used for print symbols that have no braille provision, such as or . It is suggested that the words be enclosed in brackets or other symbols of enclosure not otherwise used and explained in a
transcriber's note. True False
27. The contractions to, into, and by are used before symbols. True False
28. Do not use a letter indicator with an abbreviation unless it could be confused with a word or a short-form word. True False
29. Some print symbols are brailled as letter abbreviations while others have distinctive
configurations. True False
30. Although a hyphen does not terminate the effect of the double capital indicator, in a case such as this the single capitol indicator tells the reader that the rest of the word is
in upper case. True False
31. Symbols terminate the effect of the double capital indicator and the emphasis indicator. True False
32. Do not separate a symbol from the word, letter, or number to which it pertains. Numbers, symbols, and/or abbreviations that constitute a unit, such as 6' 2" or
27º35'S, should not be divided between lines. True False
49.C.1
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Braille Module 49-19
33. Brailled abbreviations, like brailled symbols, should follow print capitalization, punctuation, order, and spacing with no exceptions. True False
34. In abbreviations that contain both upper and lower case letters, it is suggested that each upper case letter be capitalized individually. True False
35. When the abbreviation for chapter (ch) is followed by a period, the ch contraction is used. The contraction cannot be used if there is no period because it would be read as child. True False
36. Do not use the in contraction in the abbreviation for incher (in) or inches (ins). True False
37. Place a letter indicator before a freestanding, single-letter abbreviation not followed by a period or any abbreviation that could be confused with a whole-word contraction
or a short-form word. True False
38. If an abbreviation contains a symbol, do not follow print spacing. True False
39. When in print a number, letter, or word is preceded or followed by an abbreviation and/or a symbol, in braille follow the print order, spelling, capitalization, punctuation,
and spacing. True False
40. When an abbreviation is unspaced from the preceding number, insert a letter indicator before the abbreviation. True False
41. When connecting words in abbreviations use contractions for lowercase connecting words and suffixes that are part of abbreviations. True False
42. Greek or other non-Latin letters occurring in abbreviations, as in sec (microsecond),
are brailled according to the braille rules for that language and preceded by a non-Latin letter indicator. True False
43. Initials that are used for an entire name, as in J.F.K., should not be divided between
braille lines whether they are spaced in print or not. True False
44. Never leave a space before and after a braille ditto sign. True False
45. Use contractions in postal codes or divide them between lines. True False
46. If inclusive dates are joined by a hyphen or a dash, repeat the number indicator before the second date. True False
47. In order to make a clear distinction between a symbol that is represented in braille by letters and a letter that immediately follows it, a letter indicator is placed before the
letters of the symbol and before the following letter. True False 49.C.1
PROFITT Curriculum Module # 49 — Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, etc.
Braille Module 49-20
48. Where context makes the meaning clear, single letter abbreviations that are separated by a slash do not require a letter indicator. True False
49. A letter indicator is not required if context makes perfectly clear the meaning of a single-letter abbreviation not followed by a period. True False
50. Contractions are used in acronyms if all the letters of the contraction fall within a syllable of the acronym— and for clarity, it is suggested that all of the letters that comprise the contraction should come from the same word. True False
51. A telephone number mentioned in a story situation may be divided between lines at
any print hyphen. True False
49.C.1
PROFITT Curriculum Module # 49 — Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, etc.
Braille Module 49-21
Answers to Lesson 13: Test (49.C.2)
Match the following words to the braille symbols below.
pound(s) (sterling) section percent ampersand
foot, feet cent(s) copyright
registered trade mark euro trademark
minute(s) (angular & time) degree inch(es)
crosshatch (“number” or “pounds”) at yen
second(s) (angular & time) paragraph dollar(s)
1. @3P percent
2. SEC second(s) (angular & time)
3. M9 minute(s) (angular & time)
4. DG degree
5. FT foot, feet
6. P> paragraph
7. @C cent(s)
8. @9 inch(es)
9. ^T trademark
10. @A at
11. S' section
12. _? crosshatch (“number” or “pounds”)
13. ^C copyright
14. @Y yen
15. @& ampersand
16. @E euro
17. ^R registered trademark
18. L pound(s) (sterling)
19. 4 dollar(s)
49.C.2
PROFITT Curriculum Module # 49 — Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, etc.
Braille Module 49-22
Answer True or False to the following statements.
20. When print symbols have distinctive braille equivalents list these symbols on the Transcriber’s Notes (Special Symbols) page. True False Rule 13.1.b
21. When a print symbol that is represented in braille by a letter abbreviation immediately follows a number or letter, a letter indicator is inserted before the abbreviation.
True False Rule 13.1.a
22. The symbols used for inches, feet, minutes and seconds of time or angular measure (' ") are often referred to as prime and doable (double) prime marks. True False Rule
13.1.b
23. When print symbols have distinctive braille equivalents use these equivalents and follow print order whenever the following print symbols are encountered. True False
Rule 13.1.b
24. When in print the symbols for the dollar, pound, or section stand alone or are in conjunction with a word or abbreviation, in braille the print symbol indicator (dot 6) (dot 4)is inserted before the braille equivalent of the symbol. True or False Rule 13.1.e
25. Sterling coinage is brailled as it appears in print and does not follows print spacing.
True False Rule 13.1.g
26. The appropriate uncapitalized word(s) should be used for print symbols that have no braille provision, such as or . It is suggested that the words be enclosed in brackets (parentheses) or other symbols of enclosure not otherwise used and
explained in a transcriber's note. True False Rule 13.1.h
27. The contractions to, into, and by are used before symbols. True False Rule 13.1.d
28. Do not use a letter indicator with an abbreviation unless it could be confused with a word or a short-form word. True False Rule 13.2
29. Some print symbols are brailled as letter abbreviations while others have distinctive configurations. True False Rule 13.1
30. Although a hyphen does not terminate the effect of the double capital indicator, in a case such as this the single capitol indicator tells the reader that the rest of the word is
in upper (lower) case. True False Rule 13.2a
31. Symbols terminate the effect of the double capital indicator and the emphasis indicator. True False Rule 13.1.c
49.C.2
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Braille Module 49-23
32. Do not separate a symbol from the word, letter, or number to which it pertains. Numbers, symbols, and/or abbreviations that constitute a unit, such as 6' 2" or
27º35'S, should not be divided between lines. True False Rule 13.1.f
33. Brailled abbreviations, like brailled symbols, should follow print capitalization, punctuation, order, and spacing with no exceptions. (except in certain circumstances
that will be mentioned later) True False Rule 13.2
34. In abbreviations that contain both upper and lower case letters, it is suggested that each upper case letter be capitalized individually. True False Rule 13.2a
35. When the abbreviation for chapter (ch) is followed by a period, the ch contraction is used. The contraction cannot be used if there is no period because it would be read as
child. True False Rule 13.2c
36. Do not use the in contraction in the abbreviation for incher (in) or inches (ins). True False Rule 13.2c
37. Place a letter indicator before a freestanding, single-letter abbreviation not followed by a period or any abbreviation that could be confused with a whole-word contraction
or a short-form word. True False Rule 13.2d
38. If an abbreviation contains a symbol, do not follow print spacing. True False Rule 13.2e
39. When in print a number, letter, or word is preceded or followed by an abbreviation and/or a symbol, in braille follow the print order, spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and spacing. True False Rule 13.1
40. When an abbreviation is unspaced from the preceding number, insert a letter indicator
before the abbreviation. True False Rule 13.2
41. When connecting words in abbreviations use contractions for lowercase connecting words and suffixes that are part of abbreviations. True False Rule 13.2b
42. Greek or other non-Latin letters occurring in abbreviations, as in sec (microsecond), are brailled according to the braille rules for that language and preceded by a non-
Latin letter indicator. True False Rule 13.2h
43. Initials that are used for an entire name, as in J.F.K., should not be divided between braille lines whether they are spaced in print or not. True False Rule 13.3
44. Never (Always) leave a space before and after a braille ditto sign. True False Rule 13.5
45. (Do not) Use contractions in postal codes or divide them between lines. True False Rule 13.7
49.C.2
PROFITT Curriculum Module # 49 — Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, etc.
Braille Module 49-24
46. If inclusive dates are joined by a hyphen or a dash, repeat the number indicator before the second date. True False Rule 13.8
47. In order to make a clear distinction between a symbol that is represented in braille by letters and a letter that immediately follows it, a letter indicator is placed before the
letters of the symbol and before the following letter. True False Rule 13.2
48. Where context makes the meaning clear, single letter abbreviations that are separated by a slash do not require a letter indicator. True False Rule 13.2f
49. A letter indicator is not required if context makes perfectly clear the meaning of a
single-letter abbreviation not followed by a period. True False Rule 13.2g
50. Contractions are used in acronyms if all the letters of the contraction fall within a syllable of the acronym— and for clarity, it is suggested that all of the letters that
comprise the contraction should come from the same word. True False Rule 13.4
51. A telephone number mentioned in a story situation may be divided between lines at any print hyphen. True False Rule 13.6
49.C.2
PROFITT Curriculum Module # 49 — Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, etc.
Braille Module 49-25
JEOPARDY Ribbons (49.D.1)
49.D.1
I Won the
JEOPARDY
Game!!!
JEOPARDY CHAMPION!!!
JEOPARDY VICTOR!!!
PROFITT Curriculum Module # 49 — Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, etc.
Braille Module 49-26
Jeopardy Questions (49.D.2)
Jeopardy: Literary Lesson 11
Round 1 Categories:
1. Name that contraction
2. As whole words
3. Short-form beginnings with A
4. Short-form beginnings with B
5. Mixed bag
6. Short-form endings with self
Round 1 Questions:
Category 1: Name that contraction
1. Name of the contraction for: little.
Answer: What is ll?- LOC: 11.1
2. Name of the contraction for: letter.
Answer: What is lr?- LOC: 11.1
3. Name of the contraction for: paid.
Answer: What is pd?- LOC: 11.1
4. Name of the contraction for: quick.
Answer: What is qk ?- LOC: 11.1
5. Name of the contraction for: immediate.
Answer: What is imm? – LOC: 11.1
Category 2: As whole words
1. Use ____-____ word to represent all the meanings of a word.
Answer: What is short-form? – LOC: 11.2
2. True or False: Contractions to, into and by should be joined to short form words.
Answer: What is true? – LOC: 11.2
3. True or False: Do not use the short form for quick in expressions like a quick
recovery.
Answer: What is false? use the short-form word for quick. - LOC: 11.2
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Braille Module 49-27
4. True or False: Capitalization of short-form words should follow print.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 11.2
5. True or False: The short form for must is used in We must go home!
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 11.2
Category 3: Short-form beginnings with A
1. The meaning of the contraction: alm
Answer: What is almost? - LOC: 11.1
2. The meaning of the contraction: alr
Answer: What is already? - LOC: 11.1
3. The meaning of the contraction: abv
Answer: What is above? - LOC: 11.1
4. The meaning of the contraction: afw
Answer: What is afterward? – LOC: 11.1
5. The meaning of the contraction: AG/
Answer: What is against? - LOC: 11.1
Category 4: Short-form beginnings with B
1. Name of the contraction for: because
Answer: What is (be)c? – LOC: 11.1
2. Name of the contraction for: beneath
Answer: What is (be)n? - LOC: 11.1
3. Name of the contraction for: beside
Answer: What is (be)s? - LOC: 11.1
4. Name of the contraction for: before
Answer: What is (be)f? - LOC: 11.1
5. Name of the contraction for: beyond
Answer: What is (be)y? - LOC: 11.1
Category 5: Mixed bag
1. True or False: The short form word for before can be used in the word
hereinbefore.
Answer: What is false? It must be the first syllable of the word – LOC: 11.5
2. True or False: Never divide a short form of a word between lines.
Answer: What is true? – LOC: 11.6
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Braille Module 49-28
3. True or False: Do not use a short-form word if it would cause confusion in
pronunciation of an unusual word.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 11.7
4. True or False: A division can be made only between a short form and a syllable
addition.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 11.6
5. True or False: Use the short-form words in stir about and Port Said.
Answer: What is false? causes confusion in pronunciation or difficulty in the
recognition of an unusual word - LOC: 11.7
Category 6: Short-form endings with self
1. The meaning of the contraction: yrf
Answer: What is yourself? - LOC: 11.1
2. The meaning of the contraction: "OF
Answer: What is oneself? - LOC 11.1
3. The meaning of the contraction: XF
Answer: What is itself ? - LOC: 11.1
4. The meaning of the contraction: H]F
Answer: What is herself ? - LOC: 11.1
5. The meaning of the contraction: ?YF
Answer: What is thyself ? - LOC: 11.1
Round 2 Double Jeopardy Categories
1. About time
2. As part words
3. Short-form endings with ing
4. Over all
5. True False
6. Read the braille
49.D.2
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Braille Module 49-29
Round 2 Question
Category 1: About time
1. Name of the contraction for: o'clock
Answer: What is o'c?- LOC: 11.1
2. The meaning of the contraction: afn
Answer: What is afternoon? – LOC: 11.1
3. Dot configuration for tonight or to-night
Answer: What is (2345, 1345)? - LOC: 11.1
4. Name of the contraction for: today
Answer: What is td? - LOC: 11.1
5. The meaning of the contraction: tm
Answer: What is tomorrow? - LOC: 11.1
Category 2: As part words
1. As part words, short form words must also maintain their original _______.
Answer: What is meaning? – LOC: 11.3
2. The meaning of the contraction: QK5
Answer: What is quicken? – LOC: 11.3
3. True or False: There is a special short-form word for rejoice when adding the suffix
ing.
Answer: What is true? – LOC: 1.3b & c
4. True or False: Use the short form word for necessary in necessarily?
Answer: What is false? it would result in misspelling – LOC: 11.3c
5. True or False: Do not use the short-form word between in the hyphenated
compound word in-between.
Answer: What is false? Use short form words in hyphenated compound words -
LOC: 11.8
Category 3: Short-form ending with ing
1. Name of the contraction for: according
Answer: What is ac? – LOC: 11.1
2. Name of the contraction for: rejoicing
Answer: What is rjcg? - LOC: 11.1
3. The meaning of the contraction: RCVG
Answer: What is receiving? - LOC: 11.1
49.D.2
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Braille Module 49-30
4. Name of the contraction for: declaring
Answer: What is dclg? - LOC: 11.1
5. The meaning of the contraction: P]CVG
Answer: What is perceiving? – 11.1
Category 4: Summary used in proper names
1. Use a contraction when all of the __________ of the contraction fall in the same
syllable.
Answer: What is letters? - LOC: 11.9.A
2. In proper names, when the letters gh, sh, and th are pronounced as one sound,
they are ______________.
Answer: What is contracted? - LOC: 11.9K
3. Use these contractions as syllable of a name when following a prefix such as Mac or
Mc.
Answer: What is be, con, and dis? - LOC: 11.9Q
4. Biographical and geographical __________ giving known pronunciations for
thousands of proper names are available in bookstores and libraries.
Answer: What is dictionaries? - LOC: 11.9
5. Use these contractions in names only in the middle or at the end of a name.
Answer: What is final-letter contractions? - LOC: 11.9T
Category 5: True False
1. Question 1: Use short-form words to represent an entire word in a proper name
only—never just part of a word.
Answer: What is true – LOC: 11.8
2. When a word ending in an e is changed by the addition of d, as in received, the
short-form word is used as it keeps its original meaning.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 11.3c
3. Use contractions when it would overlap a major syllable division between a prefix
and a base or root word.
Answer: What is false? do not use - LOC: 11.9C
4. Within proper names, short-form words cannot be used for whole words.
Answer: What is false? short-form words are used for whole words - LOC: 11.9U.
5. Within titles, common words that have short forms are contracted as usual.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 11.8
49.D.2
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Braille Module 49-31
Category 6: Read the braille
1. The meaning of the word: o'c
Answer: What is o'clock?-
2. The meaning of the word: 2fr
Answer: What is befriend?
3. The meaning of the word: unnec
Answer: What is unnecessary?
4. The meaning of the word: r.dab
Answer: What is roundabout?
5. The meaning of the word: in-2t
Answer: What is in-between?
Final Jeopardy question:
These three words, when used as parts of words, are governed by the same rules
as all the other short-form words only if a consonant or a hyphen follows them.
Final Jeopardy answer: What is after, blind and friend? – LOC: 11.5
49.D.2
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Braille Module 49-32
Jeopardy: Literary Lesson 12 (49.D.2 cont.)
Round 1 Categories
1. Letter Indicator 1
2. Letter Indicator 2
3. Letter Indicator 3
4. True or False
5. Distinguishing Names and Other Words
6. Letter/Number Combinations
Round 1 Questions:
Category 1: Letter Indicator 1
1. This indicates that a letter or letter group has a letter meaning.
Answer: What is a letter indicator? - LOC: 12.1
2. Dot formation for the letter indicator.
Answer: What are dots 56? - LOC: 12.1
3. The letter indicator is used in front of letters that mean ______.
Answer: What is letters? - LOC: 12.1a
4. The letter indicator is not used with letters that mean ______.
Answer: What is words? - LOC: 12.1b
5. Use a letter indicator before any single letter that is joined to a word by a ______
or ______.
Answer: What is a hyphen or dash? - LOC: 12.1d(1)
Category 2: Letter Indicator 2
1. The letter indicator is a ______ sign.
Answer: What is a composition? - LOC: 12.1
2. This composition sign is used to indicate that a letter or letter grouping has a letter
_________.
Answer: What is meaning? - LOC: 12.1
3. True or False: The capital indicator comes before the letter indicator.
Answer: What is False? after - LOC: 12.1a 49.D.2
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4. Use the contractions to, into and by ______ a single letter.
Answer: What is before? - LOC: 12.1c
5. Place a letter indicator before the letters ___, ____, and ____ when they stand for
letters.
Answer: What is a, i, and o? - LOC: 12.1b
Category 3: Letter Indicator 3
1. Do not use the letter indicator before the ______ a, I, and o.
Answer: What is words? - LOC: 12.1b
2. Use a letter indicator before a letter that stands for a letter when it is _________
by an apostrophe and s.
Answer: What is followed? - LOC: 12.1d(2)
3. Do not use a letter indicator when an apostrophe indicates a ______ letter in a
word.
Answer: What is a missing? - LOC: 12.1d(2)
4. Do not use a letter indicator before _______ letters that are in contact with a slash
and other letters.
Answer: What is single? - LOC: 12.1d(3)
5. Place a letter indicator before a single-letter abbreviation that is not followed by
______.
Answer: What is punctuation? - LOC: 12.1f
Category 4: True or False
1. True or False: If letters follow a number and a slash, a letter indicator is required.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 12.1d(3)
2. True or False: Use a letter indicator before any letter grouping in contact with a
slash that could be misread as a short-form word.
Answer: What is false? - LOC: 12.1d(3)
3. True or False: The bold typeface used for print letters that represent shapes is
ignored in braille.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 12.1e
4. True or False: When a hyphen or a dash joins letters of the alphabet, a letter
indicator does not precede each letter.
Answer: What is false? A letter indicator precedes each letter - LOC: 12.1d(1)
5. True or False: Unlike enclosed letters in regular text, the enclosing punctuation is
retained for letters in, or referring to outlines and lists.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 12.1g(2)
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Category 5: Distinguishing Names and Other Words
1. When the names Al and AB fall at the beginning of a sentence use the ____ ____.
Answer: What is letter indicator? - LOC: 12.2
2. Name the short-form words that Al and Ab could be confused with.
Answer: What is also and about? - LOC: 12.2 & 11.1
3. True or False: A letter indicator is used for letter groupings such as vocal
expressions when they could be confused with short-form words or contractions.
Answer: What is true? LOC: 12.2
4. Name the short form word the name Ag could be confused with.
Answer: What is again? - LOC: 11.1 & 12.2
5. The purpose of the letter indicator is to avoid _________ of letters or letter
combinations with numbers, contractions, or short-form words.
Answer: What is confusion? - LOC: 12.2
Category 6: Letter/Number Combinations
1. True or False: Use the letter indicator before the s in plural numbers without an
apostrophe.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 12.3a
2. To alert the reader that numbers have stopped and letters have begun use a
______ ______.
Answer: What is a letter indicator? - LOC: 12.3b
3. True or False: Contractions are used in random combinations of numbers and
letters.
Answer: What is false? are not used - LOC: 12.3b
4. True or False: A period terminates the effect of the number indicator.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 12.3b
5. The contraction for can is not used in 12-can because it would read this.
Answer: What is 12-3? - LOC: 12.3c
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Braille Module 49-35
Round 2 Double Jeopardy Categories
1. Use the Letter Indicator
2. Do not use the Letter Indicator
3. Speech Mannerisms
4. Dramatic Effect
5. True or False
6. Transcriber’s Notes
Round 2 Questions:
Category 1: Use the Letter Indicator
1. True or False: Use the letter indicator with all single letters that mean letters, not
words.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 12.4 #1
2. True or False: Use the letter indicator with unpunctuated letters in outlines and
lists.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 12.4 #8
3. Use the letter indicator with names, words or letter groupings that could be
mistaken for ____-____ words.
Answer: What is short-form? – LOC: 12.4 # 9
4. Use the letter indicator with any single letter connected to a number by a ____.
Answer: What is hyphen? - LOC: 12.4 # 11
5. True or False: Do not use the letter indicator with single-letter abbreviations or
initials that are not followed by a period or colon.
Answer: What is false? - LOC: 12.4 # 14
Category 2: Do not use the Letter Indicator
1. Do not use the letter indicator with letter groupings that could not be mistaken for
a ____-____ word.
Answer: What is short-form? – LOC: 12.4 # 5
2. Do not use the letter indicator with letters that are followed or preceded by an
apostrophe, hyphen, or dash indicating ______ letters.
Answer: What is omitted? – LOC: 12.4 # 2
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3. Do not use the letter indicator with a contraction that immediately follows a
number, as in ______ numbers.
Answer: What is ordinal? – LOC: 12.4 # 7
4. Do not use the letter indicator with initials and abbreviations ________ by a period
or dash.
Answer: What is a followed? – LOC: 12.4 # 13
5. Do not use the letter indicator when words, names, or letter groupings that
correspond to short-form words, but because of _____, could not be mistaken for
one.
Answer: What is context? –LOC: 12.4 # 6
Category 3: Speech Mannerisms
1. When brailling stammered words, the letter or contraction preceding and following
the hyphen must be ____.
Answer: What is identical? - LOC: 12.5a
2. True or False: Short-form words may be used in stammered words only if the
short-form begins with the letter or contraction as the stammered portion.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 12.5a
3. A lisped word is one in which the th sound is substituted for an ___ or ___ sound.
Answer: What is a "s" or "z"? - LOC: 12.5b(2)
4. In order to promote _________ ease, words representing speech mannerisms not
be divided between braille lines.
Answer: What is reading? - LOC: 12.5b
5. ______, sometimes known as “speaking with an accent,” is the speech of a
geographic region or a social class.
Answer: What is Dialect? - LOC: 12.5b(3)
Category 4: Dramatic Effect
1. Name the mistake in en-li/
Answer: What is the “en” contraction should be used? - LOC: 12.6a(1)
2. Name the mistake in day-time
Answer: What is the contractions for “day” and “time” should be used? – LOC:
12.6a(1)
3. Name the mistake in "M-9-LAW
Answer: What is the “in” contraction should NOT be used? - LOC: 12.6a(1)
4. Name the mistake in ri<t-i/
Answer: What is the contraction for “right” should be used? - LOC:12.6a(1)
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5. Name the mistake in com-;t
Answer: What is the “en” contraction not the “ment” contraction should be
used.LOC: 12.6a(1)
Category 5: True or False
1. True or False: To, into, and by should not be contracted and joined to a stammered
word.
Answer: What is false? - LOC: 12.5a
2. True or False: When it is necessary to divide a stammered word between lines, the
stammered portion should not be separated from the rest of the word.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 12.5a
3. True or False: In general, contraction and short-form words are used rather
liberally in dialect.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 12.5b(3)
4. True or False: When the letters of a spelled-out word are separated from each
other by black dots, in braille a dash is placed between the letters.
Answer: What is false? A hyphen – LOC: 12.6b
5. True or False: Divide spelled-out words only at the end of a syllable.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 12.6b
Category 6: Transcriber’s Notes
1. A _____ ____ is used to explain a change when braille cannot follow print exactly.
Answer: What is a transcriber's notes? - LOC: 12.7
2. The dot formation for the two-cell composition sign called the TN symbol.
Answer: What are dots 6, 3? –LOC: 12.7
3. The paragraph format for a transcriber’s note.
Answer: What is cell 7 with runovers in cell 5? - LOC: 12.7
4. A TN symbol is listed on the special symbols page when a _______ indicator is also
used in the volume.
Answer: What is termination? - LOC: 12.7
5. True or False: The whole-word lower-sign contraction for “in” is not used next to
the transcriber’s note symbol.
Answer: What is false? - LOC: 12.7
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Final Jeopardy Question:
Contractions are not used in spelling words or in words that are ____ ____ or that
have been broken into parts in order to focus upon spelling, pronunciation, or word
construction.
Final Jeopardy Answer: What is being analyzed? - LOC: 12.6a(2)
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Jeopardy: Literary Lesson 13 (49.D.2 cont.)
Round 1 Categories
1. Print Symbols
2. Braille Symbols
3. Symbols
4 Abbreviations
5. Contractions
6. Spacing and Line Divisions
Round 1 Questions:
Category 1: Print Symbols
1. Name sign and the braille equivalent for: °
Answer: What is the degree sign, dg? – LOC: 13.1a
2. Name sign and the braille equivalent for: ¶
Answer: What is the paragraph sign, p(ar)?- LOC: 13.1a
3. Name sign and the braille equivalent for: ′
Answer: What is the minute(s) sign, m(in)?- LOC: 13.1a
4. Name sign and the braille equivalent for: ″
Answer: What is the second(s) sign, sec? - LOC: 13.1a
5. Name sign and the braille equivalent for: ′
Answer: What is the foot, feet sign, ft? - LOC: 13.1a
Category 2: Braille Symbols
1. `&
Answer: What is ampersand? - LOC: 13.1b
2. ^c
Answer: What is copyright? - LOC: 13.1b
3. `3p
Answer: What is percent? - LOC: 13.1b
4. `c
Answer: What is cent(s)? - LOC: 13.1b
5. ^r
Answer: What is registered trademark? - LOC: 13.1b
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Category 3: Symbols
1. Some print symbols are brailled as letter abbreviations while others have distinctive
_____________.
Answer: What is configurations? - LOC: 13.1
2. The contractions to, into, and by are used _________ symbols.
Answer: What is before? - LOC: 13.1d
3. True or False: Symbols terminate the effect of the double capital indicator.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.1c
4. True or False: When both the copyright symbol and the word, copyright, are both
shown in print you transcribe the symbol only.
Answer: What is false? transcribe both –LOC: 13.1b
5. Inserted before the braille equivalent symbol for the dollar sign when it is standing
alone?
Answer: What is a print symbol indicator (dot 4)? – LOC: 13.1e
Category 4: Abbreviations
1. True or False: Use a letter indicator with a single-letter abbreviation followed by a
period.
Answer: What is false? You do not need to use a letter indicator - LOC: 13.2.
2. When an abbreviation could be confused with a ____-____ word you use the letter
indicator.
Answer: What is short-form? - LOC: 13.2
3. Read the braille: #CD;DG;,C4
Answer: What is 34°C? - LOC: 13.2
4. True or False: Repeat the appropriate capital or double capital indicator after a
period in an unspaced abbreviation.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.2a
5. True or False: When an abbreviation is unspaced from the preceding number, do
not insert a letter indicator before the abbreviation.
Answer: What is false? Insert a letter indicator before the abbreviation - LOC: 13.2b
Category 5: Contractions
1. True or False: Use contractions for lowercase connecting words and suffixes that
are part of abbreviations.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.2b
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2. True or False: The contractions to, into, and by can be in contact with symbols.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.1d
3. True or False: Use contractions for lowercase connecting words and suffixes that
are part of abbreviations.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.2b
4. True or False: When the abbreviation for chapter (ch) is followed by a period, the
ch contraction is not used.
Answer: What is false? ch is used – LOC 13.2c Note
5. Read the braille: ,DR4 ,DOOLITTLE ,PH4,D4
Answer: What is Dr. Doolittle PhD.?- LOC: 13.2d
Category 6: Spacing and Line Divisions
1. True or False: If an abbreviation contains a symbol, follow print spacing.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.2e
2. True or False: In abbreviations where each capitalized letter represents a word, the
entire abbreviation should be brailled on one line with spaces between the letters.
Answer: What is false? without spaces between the letters - LOC: 13.2e
3. True or False: Where context makes the meaning clear, single letter abbreviations
that are separated by a slash do not require a letter indicator.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.2f
4. True or False: A letter indicator is required if context makes perfectly clear the
meaning of a single-letter abbreviation not followed by a period.
Answer: What is false? - LOC: 13.2g
5. True or False: In situations where a single letter could be misread, as in (w/copy)
where w is an abbreviation for with, not will, use a letter indicator for clarity.
Answer: What is true? – LOC: 13.2f
Round 2 Double Jeopardy Categories
1. More Symbols
2. Braille Transcription
3. Personal Initials, Initialisms and Acronyms
4. The Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, Postal Codes and Dates
5. Letter Format
6. Contract or Uncontracted
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Round 2 Questions:
Category 1: More Symbols
1. The dot number for the print symbol indicator.
Answer: What is dot 4? –LOC: 13.1e
2. True or False: List the print symbol indicator on the transcriber’s note page.
Answer: What is false? - LOC: 13.1
3. True or False: A number indicator follows a dollar sign or crosshatch.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.1b
4. True or False: Follow print when transcribing numbers and symbols.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.1b
5. True or False: You would explain a print symbol not commonly used on the special
symbol page.
Answer: What is true? – LOC: 13.1h
Category 2: Braille Transcription
1. Read the following: #i a4m4
Answer: What is 9 a.m?
2. Read the following: #b km
Answer: What is 2 km?
3. Read the following: #fjft
Answer: What is 60 ft?
4. Read the following: _? #aj
Answer: What is # 10?
5. Read the following: ,,ab`&,c
Answer: What is AB&C?
Category 3: Personal Initials, Initialisms and Acronyms
1. True or False: The initials of a person's name are capitalized, punctuated, and
spaced as they appear in print.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.3
2. ________ are abbreviations that consist of the first letters of several words and are
pronounced as letters.
Answer: What is initialisms? - LOC: 13.4
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3. True or False: Initials that are used for an entire name, as in J.F.K., should be
divided between braille lines whether they are spaced in print or not.
Answer: What is false? Should not be divided - LOC: 13.3
4. An __________ is an abbreviation that uses the first letter or letters of each of the
successive parts of a compound term and is pronounced as a word.
Answer: What is acronym? - LOC: 13.4
5. Contractions are used in initialisms if all the letters of the contraction fall within a
____ of the acronym.
Answer: What is syllable? - LOC: 13.4
Category 4: The Ditto Sign, Telephone Numbers, Postal Codes and Dates
1. True or False: The print ditto sign is represented in braille by the dots 2, 5—a two-
cell symbol.
Answer: What is false? Dots 5, 2 - LOC: 13.5
2. True or False: Telephone numbers composed of both letters and numbers are
brailled without spaces or contractions, regardless of print.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.6
3. True or False: Do not use contractions in postal districts and ZIP codes or divide
them between lines.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.7
4. True or False: The st contraction is used in 1-800-STOP.
Answer: What is false? It is not used - LOC: 13.6
5. True or False: If inclusive dates are joined by a hyphen or a dash, repeat the
number indicator before the second date.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.8
Category 5: Letter Format
1. Follow print copy as to the location of headings, inside addresses, closings, and
signatures, indenting in braille as they appear in ____.
Answer: What is print? - LOC: 13.9a
2. True or False: Indented paragraphs in the body of the letter should start in the first
cell, as all braille paragraphs do.
Answer: What is false? - LOC: 13.9a Start in cell 3.
3. It is recommended that the closing and signature be brailled following the rules for
attributions—i.e., start each line in cell ____.
Answer: What is 7? - LOC: 13.9a
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4. True or False: Blank lines are left in braille letters between segments that are not
distinguished by margin indentions.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.9b
5. True or False: If a letter is written in full block form (without any indentions) and all
segments start at the left margin, the same should be done in braille.
Answer: What is true? - LOC: 13.9b
Category 6: Contract or Uncontract
1. Contract or uncontract: 10 ins. (inches)
Answer: What is uncontract?
2. Contract or uncontract: Second Ed.
Answer: What is contract?
3. Contract or uncontract: Postal code: GH2 5RT
Answer: What is uncontracted?
4. Contract or uncontract: POW
Answer: What is uncontracted?
5. Contract or uncontract: ARP Services
Answer: What is uncontract ARP?
Final Jeopardy Question:
True or False: If there are writer's initials and/or a notice of enclosures followed by
a postscript, a blank line should not separate the two in the braille transcription.
Final Jeopardy Answer: What is false? A blank line should separate the two. - LOC
13.9b
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