[bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white space? and italics

Thanks, Lissi. I'll change my rows of 3 asterisks to three with spaces between 
them   mayrie had shown them with spaces but the  next person to post had said 
she did them without spaces. Your explanation, and knowing Mayrie uses braille, 
makes me realize that for braille readers the spaces between are desirable, 
It's too  late for me to do anything about my earlier books, but I suppose 
readers can change them (hopefully.
Cindy

--- On Wed, 6/1/11, Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white space? and italics
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, June 1, 2011, 11:35 AM



 
 




 
Dear Debbie, Valerie and Booksharian 
Friends,
 
Evan and I put spaces between three asterisks used 
to separate blocks of text as when they are used to show time passage or the 
start of a new scene or point of view character. In most print books the 
asterisks or bullets used for this purpose are widely spaced. In all braille 
books, and according to code, there are spaces between three braille asterisks. 
When listening to a recorded book with punctuation turned on, it takes no more 
time for spaced asterisks to be identified than if they are written without 
spaces. 
 
The National Library Service trains and certifies 
braille transcribers, so their implementation of code is reliable.
 
In print, since there are a gazillion fonts, it's 
possible for the three asterisks in white spaces to be written without spaces, 
but they are spaced in the vast majority of cases.
 
Clearly I feel on firm ground concerning 
asterisks.
 
To let you know I still have a lot to learn, I will 
share that I haven't been able to figure out what to do with punctuation at the 
beginning or end of italicized words, phrases or sentences. Cranked up as high 
as my CCTV can get, I can't tell if punctuation is slanted. My vision is so 
distorted that I often have trouble perceiving if the letters are slanted. Most 
punctuation looks like crumbs to me and I never can tell if those crumbs are 
slanted.
 
Always with love,
 
Lissi
 
 

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: 
  Valerie 
  Maples 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  
  Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 12:42 
  PM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks 
  white space?
  
That is how I do them, too, Debby.

  
Valerie



  
  On Jun 1, 2011, at 10:34 AM, Debby Franson wrote:

  
    Hi everyone!

I have always put all three asterisks together 
    without spaces between them.  Have I been doing it 
    wrong?

Debby

At 11:14 PM 5/28/2011, Cindy wrote

    oh. Thanks, Mayrie. you have a space between each 
      of the three asterisks. I've been putting 3 or (5, before) together With 
a 
      space between each one, they won't go by so fast.

    Cindy

    

    --- On Sat, 5/28/11, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> 
      wrote:

    

    > From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>

    > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: asterisks white 
      space?

    > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

    > Date: Saturday, May 28, 2011, 8:32 
    PM

    > Hi Charisma,

    >

    > You know how in a book, they leave a blank 
      line to let us

    > know that a scene

    > is changing?  Well, in Bookshare books, 
      we don't have

    > that white space to

    > let us know that a scene change is coming. 
       So, on the

    > line that would have

    > been blank, many of us place this * * * 
       to let the

    > reader know there will

    > be a change.  It makes the scene change 
      less jarring,

    > and lets the reader

    > know that the change is purposeful, and that 
      there isn't

    > text missing.

    >

    > Mayrie

    >

    >

    >

    > -----Original Message-----

    > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

    > 
      [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

    > On Behalf Of Charisma

    > Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2011 2:57 
    PM

    > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

    > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] asterisks white 
      space?

    >

    > Huh?

    >

    > I thought we were supposed to erase all extra 
      blank lines.

    >

    >

    >

    >

    > On Sat, May 28, 2011 at 3:15 PM, Mayrie ReNae 
      <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>

    > wrote:

    > > Hi Cindy,

    > >

    > > Please use three asterisks to denote 
      white space.

    > >

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