[bksvol-discuss] Re: Another Question for Braille Readers

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 01:33:09 -0500

Putting asterisks in place of blank lines will not produce good results 
with a proper braille translator. It looks at the styles you use. 
Asterisks will simply clutter up the text.

John

On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 10:22:06PM -0700, Grandma Cindy wrote:
> Sounds like a good idea. I'll start doing that. I have been putting asterisks 
> where there is a space between sections, though I've spaced 3 lines and put 3 
> asterisks in the middle, even assuming that the blanks are eliminated.
> 
> Devorah, the discussion was about blank lines after headings, not between 
> paragraphs. Like you, I've stopped putting them there and also stopped 
> creating indented paragraphs if they aren't already there. How much more 
> quickly the validating goes. smile
> 
> G.Cindy
> 
> --- On Mon, 5/19/08, Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > At the beginning
> > of the book I put a note to readers between brackets saying
> > a blank line is represented by an asterisk. 
> 
> 
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