Appendix A
Changes and Amendments
Changes from Braille Formats: Principles of Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2011 to Braille Formats: Principles of Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2016.
This listing is of the most significant changes to this revision and does not include sections where things were changed to use UEB symbols rather than EBAE symbols. The section headings listed below are those that appeared in the 2011 version; the section numbers refer to those in the 2016 revision.
Section 1: Basic Principles and General Formats
§1.2
Transcriber's Notes for technical guidelines that are used (e.g., Guidelines and Standards for Tactile Graphics and Music Braille Code)
§1.5
Formatting for magazines or newsletters
§1.6.3
Preliminary volumes
§1.6.4
Supplemental volumes
§1.9.5
Break in context
§1.11.6
Page change indicators for pages with no print numbers
§1.11.8d
Clarified wording regarding uncaptioned illustrations that take up a whole print page
§1.15.2
Repeated or omitted braille page numbers
§1.16
Foreign material in English context
Section 2: Transcriber-Generated Pages and Front Matter
§2.3.4g
Grade levels
§2.3.6g
Printing history (requirement for printing history statement was removed)
§2.3.7a
Code used is to be placed on the title page
§2.5.2e
Special Symbols page should be in braille order
§2.10.1c
Volume indicators and brief contents
§2.10.2b
Table of contents begin on a new page
§2.10.3b
Added words are enclosed in transcriber's note indicators
Section 3: Transcriber's Notes
No content changes
Section 4: Headings
§4.8.1
Fully capitalized paragraph headings
Section 5: Font Attributes
This section was completely rewritten. Follow print for emphasis used and use UEB typeform indicators.
Section 6: Illustrative Materials
§6.7.3e
Use an underscore to represent blanks
§6.8.2b
Use three dot 5s to represent missing data
Section 7: Boxed Material
§7.5.2
Colored boxes
Section 8: Lists
No content changes
Section 9: Displayed Material, Attributions, and Source Information
§9.5.5
Source citations and permission to copy
§9.7.1c
Use the script typeforms to indicate handwriting
Section 10: Exercise Material
No content changes
Section 11: Tables and Related Columns
§11.2.5g
Source citations to tables
§11.6.4
Use guide dots to indicate blank space in tables
§11.7.1j
Numeric passage indicator and tables
§11.8.1c
Keys may not correspond to shortform words or contractions
§11.16.1h
Use guide dots to indicate blank space in tables
§11.16.1l
Listed format requires a transcriber's note
§11.17.1c
Linear format does not require a period at the end of the row
Section 12: Sidebars
No content changes
Section 13: Poetry and Song Lyrics
§13.11.2a
Permission-to-copy notice
Section 14: Plays, Cartoons, and Graphic Novels
§14.1.2
Follow print for capitalization on speaker names
§14.1.3
Retain print emphasis on speaker names
§14.1.4
Retain only capitals if both capitals and emphasis are used on speaker names
§14.5.1c
Follow print for punctuation after speaker names; do not add punctuation not found in print
§14.5.1d
Speaker names with no print distinction
§14.5.3a
Stage directions and cues between lines of dialogue
§14.5.3b
Additional paragraphs in stage directions
§14.7.2
Stage directions
§14.10.5
Frame numbers are enclosed in transcriber's note indicators
§14.11
Graphic novels
Section 15: Line-Numbered and Line-Lettered Text
§15.7.1
Emphasized rhyme scheme letters
Section 16: Notes (Entire section)
§16.2.2
Follow print for reference indicators
§16.3
Emphasis as a reference mark (line numbers are no longer required to be part of the reference indicator)
§16.4
Unmarked reference notes
§16.6
Gloss notes in foreign language materials
§16.9
Endnotes
§16.11.1
Marginal labels
Section 17: Spellers
§17.5
Marked words in a list
§17.7
Word lists in foreign language materials
§17.8.1.b
Syllabified words
Section 18: Grammar
§18.2.2
Follow print; contractions may be used
§18.7.1
Use UEB transcriber-defined typeform indicators for print emphasis
Section 19: Codes and Puzzles
§19.2.2
Grade 1 passage indicator and puzzle codes
§19.4
Morse code
§19.6
Word puzzles and the grade 1 passage indicator
§19.7
Puzzles and line mode
Tests
This section was removed
Section 20: Pronunciation
§20.4.3
Follow print for emphasis in diacritics
§20.5.1
Follow print for free-standing diacritic symbols
§20.6
Syllabification and pronunciation
§20.7.4d
Use the dot locator for "mention" on symbols in a list
§20.7.5b
Use contractions in example words
Section 21: Alphabetic References
§21.8.6
Superscripts of entry words
§21.9
Alphabetic references in foreign language materials
Section 22: Bibliographies
§22.2.3
Use the long dash to represent a 3-em dash
§22.2.4
Bibliographies in foreign language materials