[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question on readability presentation
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2012 16:40:11 -0700 (PDT)
My concern was readers who cannot spell will not know the word and even
borderline spellers may not get it with hyphens announced after every letter.
Too much cognitive load for kids/teeens. I know I find it disorienting read
that way, and I am an excellent speller (odd for a dyslexic).
Valerie
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From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Mon, September 3, 2012 12:36:34 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question on readability presentation
Hi Valerie,
Since the hyphens don't leave the intention of the author unclear, I'd suggest
not changing what is in the book.
Just my opinion.
Mayrie
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie Maples
Sent: Monday, September 03, 2012 1:55 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Alisa Moore; Carrie Karnos; Madeleine Linares
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question on readability presentation
I know occasionally allowances are made for slight changes to the print to
allow
for better readability. I am doing a very old book where instead of bolding
words to be important/emphasized they are instead separating each letter with a
hyphen to make it more dramatic. An example in this book was the word
wonderful, which was instead represented as: "w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-1". It would be
wonderful (no pun intended) if we had permission to remove the hyphens and
unify
the word and instead place it in bold print. Would this be an allowable
exception to improve readability/listening?
Thanks!
Valerie
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