[bksvol-discuss] Re: Feeling like a fool!
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 17:13:54 -0800
Hi Valerie,
Your italics should have been preserved. This particular issue
needs to be reported.
I'm sorry that you didn't know that everything would be left
justified. I thought you knew that. The paragraph set up is supposed to be
determined by the reader of the book and his or her chosen adaptive
software. XML files will have a blank line between paragraphs, but if you
want that blank line to be noted in the daisy or braille file, it needs to
be replased with three asterisks.
Italics should be kept by bookshare's tools, and reported if they
haven't been. Bold should be kept by bookshare's conversion tools, and
reported if it hasn't been. But page set up adaptations have always
disappeared. I wish we'd somehow been more clear in explaining that to you.
I'm sorry you wasted time and energy. I'm so sorry.
Mayrie
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie Maples
Sent: Sunday, November 01, 2009 4:55 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Pavi Mehta
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Feeling like a fool!
Okay, I admit, I am a jump in kind of gal and try really hard to absorb
everything I can and learn as I go how to get better. Because i am not a
member, I had never seen what my proofs or scans look like after they leave
me. After comments this week that finally sunk in, I asked Nichole if she
minded if we downloaded a book I had proofed so we could compare the two
versions.
We chose Mosaic by Amy Grant because of the heavy formatting due to
lyrics, interjected reflections and other strong visual elements.
Well, let me tell you, all those hours of formatting were all for naught and
there is no way someone can tell what are lyrics, where chorus and refrain
switch or anything else. It did not even retain many of my italic sections.
Why is this? A child with visual discrimination issues will be totally lost
because paragraphing is not apparent and without style transitions you
cannot differentiate form.
My heart is broken that all my work was wasted and I want to know why
virtually everything is lost, all is left justified, and even if a whole
page I submit is appropriately in italics, maybe only one or two lines
appeared in italics. There is no rhyme or reason I can see to the
capricious application and want to know how to present so visual readers
are not lost in endless, non-differentiated text. why even bother with RTF
then?
A very disappointed Valerie
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