[bksvol-discuss] Re: The Broker--strengths and weaknesses
- From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 23:29:16 -0600
Some do. I very distinctly remember seeing "portrait of a Lady" over
and over and over again on my BN display when reading it from web
braille, and I know that hasn't been the only book with them.
Sarah Van Oosterwijck
http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
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From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 5:44 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Broker--strengths and weaknesses
> I do most of my reading on the BrailleNote with web braille books and
> although they have page numbers, they do not have the title except at
the
> beginning of the book.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 9:58 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Broker--strengths and weaknesses
>
>
> > Mary, I must point out that your statement is not actually true.
You
> > must have just learned to ignore the headers because they certainly
are
> > present in braille books. They all have page numbers and the title
of
> > the book at the top of each page. Since braille pages usually
contain
> > less than print pages the headers and page numbers cause even more
> > clutter than they would in a scanned book, and they are also present
in
> > web braille books.
> >
> > I suggest people strip the headers themselves if they don't like
them.
> > They can do it by searching for the words in the running headers or
by
> > using their own software to do it. I have also found it amazing
just
> > how much can be ignored if you get used to it.
> >
> > That doesn't mean I would reject books that don't have headers, but
why
> > kill them if they are there and could be useful.
> >
> >
> > Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
> >
> >
>
>
>
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