[Blindtlk] How many words in a standard Braille page?

[Jesse Johnson]

I find that there are approximately 200 words per page average. Jaybee
Jesse Johnson
jayjohnson66 at me.com



On Dec 5, 2012, at 8:11 PM, David Andrews <dandrews at visi.com> wrote:

> The usual standard is about 1000 characters, 25 lines of 40 cells each.  How many words -- it depends...
> 
> And depending on the paper, and the embosser, etc., in theory y0ou could fit up to 27 lines of 42 characters -- you do the math.
> 
> Dave
> 
> At 04:16 PM 12/5/2012, you wrote:
>> Daniel,
>> This is like asking, "how long is a piece of string". If you wrote single letter contractions then you would get many more contractions on a page than if you wrote 2 letter, or short form words etc. Also, it depends on what margins you use and how many lines you use. Perhaps what you are wanting to know is:
>> Using all possible lines and having the narrowest possible margins, how many braille characters will one standard braille page hold? Unfortunately, now I have posed the question for you, I do not have the answer. I'm sure someone will know though.
>> Warmly,
>> Heather
>> 
>> -----Original Message----- From: Daniel Garcia
>> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2012 2:25 PM
>> To: blindtlk at nfbnet.org
>> Subject: [Blindtlk] How many words in a standard Braille page?
>> 
>> Hi Everyone:
>> 
>> How many (contracted) Braille words can fit in an 11 inch by 11.5 inch
>> Braille page?
>> 
>> Thanks for your help.
>> 
>> Daniel
> 
> 
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