Braille Formats 2011 Illustrative Materials

CTEBVI Workshop 501

Presented by: Amanuensis BraillePresenter: Robert Roldan

rroldan@amanuensisbraille.com

Introduction• How to apply the Braille Formats Principals of

Print-to-Braille Transcription, 2011 to illustrative materials

• Not a class on Tactile graphics.• Braille examples using the new braille format

guidelines

How to Apply Braille Formats

• Identify what you are looking at• Find the Guidelines that apply• Adjust your decisions based on clarity• Use guidelines that closest fit the situation

and use your best judgment when something is not covered in the code

Captions, Source Citations, and Descriptions

• Captions are in a 7/5 format– Must have an Identifier (Figure 1.1, Diagram 2.3,

etc.)– When one doesn’t exist add an embedded TN

with a descriptive term like Photograph, Caption, etc.

• Source Citations are in a 7/5 format– Immediately follow the caption– No blank line after the source citation is required

in a series that includes a descriptive TN

• Descriptions are in a 7/5 format and are enclosed in TN symbols.– They describe the material using vocabulary that

is appropriate for the grade level.

• Proper order for these materials are:– Caption– Source Citation– Descriptive TN

Example 1: Unidentified Caption

Example 2: Caption with Source

Example 3: Caption, Source and Description

Where do they go?

• Illustrations are placed as close as possible to the related text.– Before the paragraph they are referred to when

the information is necessary to understand the text.

– After the paragraph when it supplements the discussion

• Unrelated illustrations are placed at the end of the page.– After the last completed paragraph on the page

Moving Illustrations Between Pages

• Only move the illustration if it is necessary for a through understanding of the text and will aide the student in the concept being taught.– Add a TN before the Illustration indicating where

the graphic was moved from.– Add a TN on the page that the graphic was moved

from referring to where it is relocated to.– Consider ease of use when placing TN’s

Example

Example cont.

Tactile Representation of a Flow Chart

• Use a key to eliminate clutter.• Place the key and tactile graphic on facing

pages if they cannot fit on one page.• Place as much information on the graphic as

possible to ease the use of the material.

Example

Example cont.

Timelines

• Timelines are brailled using a list format• First and last date are included (even if no

material is shown)• Each date is followed by its related entry• Dates without entries are excluded• Captions are placed immediately after there

related date in a 7/5 format.

History of Social Media

Example cont.

Screenshots

• Enclose in a box• Use computer braille code for information

that must be input into a computer• Use descriptive TN’s to describe the layout of

the page.

Example

Example cont.

Presentations• Each slide number is treated as the print page

number.• Format your braille for best readability.• Slide descriptions, when needed, are enclosed in a

transcriber's note.• Speaker's notes are brailled in 7-5 format and are

proceeded by “Notes” enclosed in transcriber's notes symbols. The notes continue on the same line following the identifier. Use proper paragraph formatting for the notes.

• See next page for the braille example of this page.

Example