[bksvol-discuss] Re: Formatting Tabs or Spaces
- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 6 Jun 2006 21:25:32 -0700
Sorry, but I find the temptation irresistible:
I am sorry, Lissi, that you went through a great deal of work apparently to no
purpose. But considering the double dash versus m dash discussion here
recently, it makes all that verbiage I read about how vital it is to preserve
every jot and tiddle of a book rather ridiculous, considering that the kind of
book you've been working on will look radically different after going through
the Braille translator than what the publisher and author intended.
"Flattened" is a good word for it.
I also have to agree with your statement that when you try to serve every need,
you serve none well.
----- Original Message -----
From: Kellie Hartmann
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2006 6:20 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Formatting Tabs or Spaces
Hi Lissi,
I'm really sorry you had to get such a rude awakening on this spacing issue.
I think the system is set up to handle average-style fiction and nonfiction
books where spacing beyond proper paragraphing isn't really that important.
With books of poetry and books like you're working on right now, it's kind of a
shame that the formatting gets messed up if the OCR actually manages to
preserve it. This problem hasn't bothered me that much because I'm oblivious to
formatting, even when I'm reading braille. But I certainly think that this
would make a much *much* bigger difference to readers with sight than the
difference between em-dash and double dash.
Kellie
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