Rather than keep this unwieldy construction or make a special rule for the
capitalization of "o'clock", the contraction itself was eliminated.
Changed Punctuation and Other Symbols
The dot formations of these symbols will be different from the ones used in current
literary braille. They were changed for various reasons, but most of the changes
are designed so that these symbols do not require specific spacing rules as they
currently do.
dollar
$
@s
percent
%
.0
asterisk
*
"9
degree
°
^j
single closing quotation mark
'
,0
dash
—
,-
long dash
——
",-
ellipsis
...
444
parentheses, opening and closing
()
"< ">
bracket, square, opening and closing
[]
.< .>
brace (curly brackets), opening and closing
{}
_< _>
paragraph
¶
^p
section
§
^s
@.< @.>
transcriber's note, opening and closing
Note that the "at" sign will be @a as it is in current literary braille, but can be
used anywhere, including email addresses. Also, there is no longer a general
termination indicator; termination of capitals and other effects is discussed later in
this document.
Overview of Changes from Current Literary Braille to UEB; BANA, March 2013
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