Carrie, I'm not sure that removing anything is necessary. My experience has been that the diacritical marks don't show up, so it's a matter of adding them or not. :-) Grandma Cindy (I'll stick to this, otherwise people might forget, or newbies not know, my name. smile) --- Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > That website is great! Now the question is: which > of those special characters are transparent to > Braille displays and voice synthesizers and which > aren't? In other words, which ones should we leave > in books, and which should we remove (assuming that > they are used in appropriate places and aren't junk > characters)? > > Carrie > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: bookshare bolunteer discussion > <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2007 8:46:28 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Special charactors > > Check out this site for all you ever wanted to know > about special > characters. > > http://www.theworldofstuff.com/characters/ > > I really shouldn't have retired, I definitely have > too much time on my > hands. <grin>� > > �� > > Remember, happiness is transcient, but diamonds are > forever. > Bob > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "the ppardees" <jfpardee@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2007 10:08 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Special charactors > > > > Carrie, > > I tried to paste your diamond in to my collection > but it didn't work. > > Looks like you can't use paste diamonds. > > > > I guess I'll have to find my own. > > > > Thanks, we tried. > > > > Jim > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > At 09:03 AM 11/1/07, you wrote: > >>Ah! I found a diamond: âT¦ > >>One more for the collection. > >> > >> > >> > >>Thanks for doing this, Jim > >> > >> > >> > >>Carrie > >> > >> > >>----- Original Message ---- > >>From: the ppardees <jfpardee@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>Sent: Thursday, November 1, 2007 4:37:40 AM > >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Special charactors > >> > >>Bob, I was afraid this might happen when pasteing > the list to e-mail. > >> > >>The first charactor should be bullet, the T, > should be trade mark and the > >>question should be ural. > >> > >>I'll try it again, but if it doesn't work I'll be > glad to send the file as > >>an attachment to anyone who requests it and sends > me their e-mail and the > >>format they prefer. > >> > >>.�«�§�¥"�°�£�»�±»�±�¦T�®? > >> > >>The paste looks okay here. > >> > >>JimJim Pardee > >> > >> > >> > >>At 09:22 PM 10/31/07, you wrote: > >> >Your list includes an upper-case T and a > question mark ? which are on > >> >the > >> >keyboard. > >> > > >> >Are there two other characters that should go in > their place? > >> > > >> >Bob > >> >----- Original Message ----- From: "the > ppardees" > >> > <<mailto:jfpardee@xxxxxxxxxxx>jfpardee@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >> >To: > <<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> >Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2007 8:58 PM > >> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Special charactors > >> > > >> > > >> >>Here is the list of special charactors not > found on the keyboard, and > >> >>can > >> >>be used to find junk in scans. > >> >>.�«�§�¥"�°�£�»�±�¦T�®? > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Jim Pardee > >> >> > >> >>To unsubscribe from this list send a blank > Email to > >> > >><mailto:bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss-request@free > >> lists.org > >> >>put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > subject line. 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