[bksvol-discuss] Re: Scanning Three Cookbooks

It should show it as the letter c. so no worries there.

I would just do the 1/2 at least that is what I have always done.

Cool, more cook books!

Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT

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Reading a book is like rewriting it for yourself. You bring to a novel, 
anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your history and 
you read it in your own terms. -Angela Carter, novelist and journalist 
(1940-1992) 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Monica Willyard 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 3:28 AM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Scanning Three Cookbooks


  Hi everyone. I have been given three short cookbooks, and I think they're 
going to scan well enough to submit. They look good so far. Each one is around 
100 pages. My mom is going to help me read ingredients if something doesn't 
come out well. I'll share the titles, and then I have a question about making 
the ingredients work for Braille users. I've never actually submitted a 
cookbook, and I need a little guidance. The titles are 
  Better Homes and Gardens Breakfast and Brunch Cookbook
  Better Homes and Gardens Chocolate Cookbook
  Better Homes and Gardens Great Grilling Cookbook


  Ok, I know I need to write out the fractions for measurements. For Braille 
users, do I write them as 1/2 cup? Also, in the recipes, the measurements are 
abbreviated, like the letter C for cup. I think the Braille translator might 
show 1/2 C as 1/2 can if a person if using grade 1 or computer Braille. Is that 
right, or does the Bookshare tool know to show it as the letter C? I'll fix it 
if I need to, but I don't want to make extra work for myself if I don't need 
to. 

  Thanks for any clarification you all can provide.

  Monica Willyard
  "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker

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