[bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:29:38 -0700
Hi, Lissi, fortunately I still have that message you sent me about
accent marks. I have tried to do what you say (control+shift key+the #6
above the alphabet keys then typing the I in the same place as the 6)
but I wasn't told I had an I circumflex. I just put the I next to the A.
Am I still doing something wrong here? Regards and with some perplexity,
Kim.
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Estelnalissi
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 9:36 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
Dear Kim
I think the mark should be a circumflex, too. To create that in word
2003
press control and shift together and hold them down. Then tap the 6 on
the
row of numbers above the top row of alphabet keys. Above the six, on the
6
key, is the upside down v that is the circumflex. Release all keys and
then
type the letter i. When you backspace your screen reader should say "I
circumflex". Good luck again.
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 12:18 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
> Dear Kim and Booksharian Friends,
>
> Kim, Since I'm reading this thread out of order, you may have already
> had
> this suggestion. To produce an I umlaut I delete the i, and press the
> control and shift down together. As I hold them, I type the colon Then
> release all three keys and type i. when you backspace your
screenreader
> should say i umlaut. This is with Word 2003. Soon I'll have to make
the
> leap to a more updated word, oh dread!
>
> Good luck!
>
> Many thanks to Sandi, and to those of you who advised her about how to
> get
> Strawberry Season back for me. Thank you to the volunteer, too, who
> released it. I've proofed Books one and two in this wonderful trilogy
and
> had bought books for Sandi to scan and for me to proof the third book.
> I'll be getting on it tomorrow once I've checked in Mr. Monk on
Patrol,
> from a wonderful scan done by Jamie. Just 30 pages to go.
>
> Bookshare has the Monk novels and they are laugh out loud funny. I
> hope
> many of you will give them a try. They'll brighten your reading
landscape.
> Jamie has been consistently faithful seeing that they have been added
to
> the collection. She's a marvel of generosity, scanning many books and
> putting holds on the ones she knows some of us care deeply about.
>
> As for Island Wife, The Wind From the Hills and The Strawberry Season,
> by
> Jessica Sterling, they are fabulous historical romances with deep
> character study and very concerned with family dynamics set in the
> Scottish Hebrides near the end of the nineteenth century. They are
> intelligently written and the type of series you can lose yourself in.
> They are not formulaic, pot boiler, cookie cutter romances. The
transcend
> the genre in general.
>
> I fear we have a shortage of scanners. It takes much more work
> tracking
> down books that aren't in the collection yet, and we all have to be
> willing to do the work knowing it may be replaced by PQ versions of
our
> books, but I love the process of making a proof as error free as I
can,
> love the reading of the book as I proof and therefore still feel my
> efforts were worthwhile even when a book I've worked on is replaced,
> though occasionally, the volunteer copy has better navigation and
other
> perks for Bookshare readers than the PQ books.
>
> I've never seen the check out list as short as it is now. Is it
> because
> Bookshare is emphasizing textbooks and working harder at training
> volunteers who can describe graphics? Since we blind readers were so
> active in helping Bookshare during its start up years, it's sad to see
our
> role diminishing.
>
> Since I love hunting down books to add, there is no shortage for Evan
> to
> scan for me to proof as well as for other generous scanners to scan.
>
> If there is interest, I have about 20 books I'll be happy to give to
> anyone who has the time to scan them in the next month or so. I don't
want
> to proof them and don't want them returned. I'd just love to see them
in
> the collection and if there are willing scanners, their presence could
> plump up the check out page a little.
>
> Let me know if there's an interest and I'll post a list. I sure would
> like
> to get them out of this book clogged room.
>
> I also have a box of mostly lighthearted books with graphics that I
> don't
> feel equal to the task of describing. if There's an interest in those,
> I'll post that list,
> too. I just don't want to overwhelm anyone with more scanning than
they
> have time for, something I've accidentally done before.
>
> Keep up the good work, all of you. I remain glad to be in your
> company.
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "misha" <mishatronics@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 11:07 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
>
>
>> Those sneaky French. According to this web page
>>
>> http://french.lovetoknow.com/French_Accent_Marks
>>
>> They do have umlauts (though usually called trema when it is used in
>> French words). I say sneaky because, I always thought naive used an
>> acute accent, but the table on the web page clearly uses naive as an
>> example of umlaut accent and it clearly fits the case of pronouncing
each
>> vowel separately. I still think in most American books an acute
accent
>> is almost always used for naive when it occurs in an English
sentence.
>> Now if it's in a French quote, I guess it better be the trema or the
>> gendarmes will be on the way.
>>
>> I can't help much with how to produce it, though. In MS Word under
>> insert there is a symbols item which brings up a table of all kinds
of
>> different characters, but it's hard enough for me to find what I want
in
>> there (which is why I don't have any of them is this email), much
less
>> how a blind person would.
>>
>> Misha
>>
>> On 6/2/2012 6:25 PM, Kim Friedman wrote:
>>> Hi, Cindy I think it's another word for that umlaut-like mark. I
>>> found
>>> the word on a site where it was talking about French accent marks
(they
>>> do seem to have a lot of them). Regards, Kim.
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Cindy
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 02, 2012 4:02 PM
>>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
>>>
>>> I'm curious. What is traemma?
>>> (the answer to your question, though, is umlaut.smile
>>>
>>>
------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> *From:* Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 2, 2012 6:16 AM
>>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
>>>
>>> Hi, Ali, what sort of accent mark is alt 0237? Is it that I
>>> umlaut
>>> or
>>> traemma I want? Please write back and let me know. Regards, Kim
>>> Friedman.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
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>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of Ali
>>> Al-hajamy
>>> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:11 PM
>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
>>>
>>>
>>> If your computer has a number pad, make sure numlock is turned
on.
>>> Hold
>>> down the alt key, and press the following numbers: 0237.
>>> See also:
>>> http://usefulshortcuts.com/alt-codes/accents-alt-codes.php
>>>
>>> On 02-Jun-12 01:01, Kim Friedman wrote:
>>> > How does one make the accent mark on the computer for the I in
the
>>> > word naive? I know how it's done for literary Braille, but I
>>> have
>>> no
>>> > idea how it's supposed to be printed. I could sure use help
with
>>> this.
>>>
>>> > Regards, Kim Friedman.
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