Not a Thousand Words, Please – Braille Refreshers 2024062801

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* Formatting for descriptions of pictures is covered in section 6 of Braille Formats 2016 (available from BANA's Braille Formats page in an online format, among others).

Why do we enclose picture descriptions in transcriber's notes indicators? (Section 3 of Braille Formats 2016 is about transcriber's notes.)

Disability Pride Month is celebrated every July! A possible picture description for the image below is: disability pride flag has a gray background with a five-color diagonal band cutting across it

for kicks and giggles

purely for profit

We enclose picture descriptions in transcriber's notes indicators because we need to use appropriate vocabulary for the grade level and subject matter.

We enclose picture descriptions in transcriber's notes indicators because any wording not shown in the print text and inserted by the transcriber is a transcriber’s note.

We enclose picture descriptions in transcriber's notes indicators because the symbols-sequence would contain no upper dot.

Not a Thousand Words, Please – Braille Refreshers 2024062801

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