RE: General comment

We have struggled with this issue in the past. Webster's Ninth Collegiate
Dictionary states that it may be used either way.

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-----Original Message-----
From: w3c-wai-ua-request@w3.org [mailto:w3c-wai-ua-request@w3.org]On
Behalf Of Jon Gunderson
Sent: Thursday, October 07, 1999 11:45 AM
To: schwer@us.ibm.com; Ian Jacobs
Cc: w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
Subject: Re: General comment


I have check other books that refer to braille and it uses a non
capitalized version of braille.
Jon


At 11:14 AM 10/6/99 -0500, schwer@us.ibm.com wrote:
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>I don't believe that is accurate. This should be checked.
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>Rich
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>Rich Schwerdtfeger
>Lead Architect, IBM Special Needs Systems
>EMail/web: schwer@us.ibm.com http://www.austin.ibm.com/sns/rich.htm
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>"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I -
>I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.",
Frost
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>Ian Jacobs <ij@w3.org> on 10/06/99 11:12:18 AM
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>To:   Richard Schwerdtfeger/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
>cc:   j@w3.org, w3c-wai-ua@w3.org
>Subject:  Re: General comment
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>schwer@us.ibm.com wrote:
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>> As a general comment, Braille needs to be capitalized throughout both the
>> guidelines and techniques document.
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>Wendy Chisholm tells me that "Braille" should only be capitalized when
>used as the name of Mr. Braille. It appears as "braille" in the WCAG
>and
>UAGL for that reason.
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> _ Ian
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