[bksvol-discuss] Re: Proofreading my first Book
- From: Dasha Radford <dasha95@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2012 08:06:27 -0400
I'm getting ready to proof read my own. That is my own book for the first time.
How do you tell with screen reader like jaws what the paragraph symbol is. And
how on earth do you gauge whether it's really supposed to be there or someplace
else?
Sent from my iPhone
On Jun 9, 2012, at 5:09 AM, Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> she means the number one for capital eye (which unfortunately sometimes, as
> now., looks like the letter el.
>
> Other things to watch for at the paragraph symbol at the ends of sentences
> that are not the end of the paragraph, and hyphens at the end of sentences
> with half the word; remove the hyphen and put the 2 halves of the word
> together
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Ixchel <starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Cc:
>> Sent: Friday, June 8, 2012 8:43 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Proofreading my first Book
>>
>> Some common errors are / for an I or a t for I or 1 for
>> Jackie
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jun 8, 2012, at 10:16 PM, "Jane Jordan (ComCast)"
>> <janedjordan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> So I grabbed a book: Questions Young People Ask
>>>
>>> Kind of concerned I might miss things from the book since I dont have a
>> copy in Braille to refer to. I understand I'm supposed ot look for scanning
>> errors, but what other tricks/tips do I need to be aware of? I'm doing this
>> with a Mac using TextEdit with VoiceOver and a Refreshabraille 18.
>>>
>>> Jane
>>>
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