advice. Mistakes in the print copy sent out are not unknown: corrections should only be made with the approval of the Awarding Body and these should be marked on the print or stated in a separate note attached to the paper for return to the Awarding Body with the paper. If there are special transcription difficulties, reference may be made to one of the major braille publishers for advice, if necessary, with the approval of the Awarding Body. It is a requirement that a print version of each braille paper is produced, to assist readers, scribes and invigilators. Further details are given in the section Versions of Braille Papers’ below. ‘Print Materials Braille examination papers should be embossed on good quality heavyweight paper (100 gsm minimum). The page size should be in the ranges 36-40 cells, 24-28 lines (although special large pages may be required for diagrams). Diagrams should normally be produced on swell paper, with thermoform being used only where the type of diagram requires this approach - see the section on diagrams below. Diagrams may also be required on drawing film (a thin plastic film which may be copied and then further added to by the candidate in the examination). Amendments and explanatory UEB provides 'transcriber's note indicators' which in general transcription work are used for additional explanatory notes by the transcriber, not part of the original text. For braille examination papers the use of transcriber's note indicators should in general be restricted to transcription notes as such, and not used to distinguish text modifications, or insertions, etc. made for the
advice. Mistakes in the print copy sent out are not unknown: corrections should only be made with the approval of the Awarding Body and these should be marked on the print or stated in a separate note attached to the paper for return to the Awarding Body with the paper. If there are special transcription difficulties, reference may be made to one of the major braille publishers for advice, if necessary, with the approval of the Awarding Body. It is a requirement that a print version of each braille paper is produced, to assist readers, scribes and invigilators. Further details are given in the section ‘Print Versions of Braille Papers’ below. Materials Braille examination papers should be embossed on good quality heavyweight paper (100 gsm minimum). The page size should be in the ranges 36-40 cells, 24-28 lines (although special large pages may be required for diagrams). Diagrams should normally be produced on swell paper, with thermoform being used only where the type of diagram requires this approach - see the section on diagrams below. Diagrams may also be required on drawing film (a thin plastic film which may be copied and then further added to by the candidate in the examination). Amendments and explanatory UEB provides 'transcriber's note indicators' which in general transcription work are used for additional explanatory notes by the transcriber, not part of the original text. For braille examination papers the use of transcriber's note indicators should in general be restricted to transcription notes as such, and not used to distinguish text modifications, or insertions, etc. made for the
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