[bksvol-discuss] Re: HELP! Major Problem with Victor Readers and Italics
- From: Chris Hill <hillco@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:08:13 -0600
Looks like something definitely gets flaky with italics on the stream
as well. This might explain some problems I've had that I couldn't
pin down.
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:07:13 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>I'm writing to report a problem I've found and also to find out if it is
>documented anywhere and if I should have known about it.
>
>I'm finding that the Victor readers are skipping the rest of a paragraph
>after any words in italics. Below are the steps I used to come to this
>conclusion. If anyone else has time to test, I would appreciate it!
>
>I downloaded my last validation, Deep Blue, by David Wilson, and was
>skimming to see if things came out all right. I put both the .BRF and Daisy
>files on my BrailleNote. The .BRF was fine. However when I opened the
>Daisy I started noticing missing passages. I then opened the .XML and .HTML
>on the computer and all the text was there. I was thinking that the
>BrailleNote uses a version of Victor Soft so I ran Victor Soft on my
>computer and the same passages were missing. I then transferred the Daisy
>to Victor Stream with the same results. I examined the .XML more closely
>and am finding that anywhere words are italicized, i.e., using the
>"class=italic" attribute, the rest of the paragraph is skipped by the Victor
>readers. I then loaded the Daisy file onto my BookCurier and it read fine.
>So, it definitely seems to be a problem with Victor readers and the italic
>attribute. I haven't had time to test other attributes such as bolding.
>
>I then looked in the Volunteer manual to see if this was mentioned and I
>just hadn't remembered, and it isn't.
>
>I'm going to report this to Bookshare and to Humanware.
>
>I would very much appreciate any thoughts or knowledge anyone has regarding
>this issue. I turn on all punctuation when I validate, but I really haven't
>been paying attention to attributes unless it affects the text of the .RTF
>file and so far it hasn't. This is really frightening to me because I don't
>know how many other books I've validated have been affected.
>
>Thanks in advance for any input or help!
>
>Cindy 4
>cindy_warford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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