Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but braille readers will not get the italics. But I hope you will make sure they are all there even so. Perhaps Daisy readers will see them. I don't read in that format, so I don't know how accurately such things are reproduced from the original. And who knows, maybe the next upgrade of the braille translator will give readers italics, among other things they don't get now.
Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 2:25 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Funny Scanno
That is the fault of the validator. But that also should be redone--Did you mention the title? Maybe, as I think you said, that was done a long time ago, before everyone becamse more careful. I just validated a near-perfect scan. Only one word was incorrect--denning instead of defined. And in that particular case, unlike the rabies and emeralds, it would have been impossible from the context to tell what the word should have been. Other than that one word, there were a few extraneous letters at the very end of pages--not more than 5 or 6--but they would be annoying to a reader, I think. But the book would rate an Excellent, very few errors, even if I hadn't read and validated it. I just made an Excellent book even more Excellent. Now I've started a book that, so far, has tons of italicized words. They didn't scan as italicized, but they are necessary to get the flavor of the personality of the narrator and story. I assume that Daisy and perhaps also Braille read italicized words with the emphasis the author wants. G.Cindy --- Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:Actually, I'm not validating it. I am reading it and it has been validated. But my comments were not about this one alone. Some of them were a little general. Such as my comments about the infamous stripper--you know the one--<Giggle>--this is the second book I've read that has headings on each page. I could see good reason after reading these to get rid of these and to take out end-of-line hyphens. But I am also concerned about the garbage I have seen in this particular and some other books. I think part of what I was saying was the value of reading the books even though it might sometimes be a pain. Sure not trying to get people to. And also there is value in reading them when scanning and doing what you can to get out the rabies so that you don't have to rub your body with expensive emeralds. Who can afford it. I'm taking an ordination exam, so you have to excuse me. I feel a little reflective and a lot silly. Cindy Lou Ray. Each day is a new adventure. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.WISH LIST (called Requested Additions To The Bookshare Collection)is available athttp://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm www.jbrownell.com for miscellaneous and useful threads ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals?Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shoppingTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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