[bksvol-discuss] Re: chapter headings???
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 18:52:20 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Jake,
I hadn't thought of it like that, but you're right. When a picture takes up a
whole page, I'll usually add something like <picture of blah blah blah> on the
page so readers will know why there's a blank page in the middle of the text.
Should be the same concept for chapter headings.
Thanks for pointing that out! Carrie
Jake Brownell <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Carie,
I would think that if descriptions of pictures are allowed, a descriptive
word like chapter would also be permitted, so that's why I have always added it
if it wasn't always there.
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: Carrie Karnos
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ; Gustavo Galindo
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 8:28 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: chapter headings???
Most of the books I've been validating lately have big numbers at the start of
each chapter. I assume that for blind people, it's just a number on a blank
line, that you can't tell that it's meant to be huge, right? So I've been
putting in the word CHAPTER in front of the numbers. Yes, I know we're not
supposed to add words but if I don't do that, people complain as Donna is
doing, and I think she has a valid point. The author intends for people to
understand that it's a new chapter, so I'm helping the author out by telling
his/her readers that it's a new chapter. I think adding the word 'chapter' at
the beginning of each chapter (if it's not already there) should be allowed and
even encouraged but Gustavo and the Bookshare people may have a different
opinion. Gustavo, what do you think?
My 2 cents, Carrie
Donna Goodin <goodindo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi again, all,
Well, I imagine that this has already been discussed, but I am really
wondering what has happened to the chapter titles in bookshare books. All of
the books I have downloaded in the last several months have been without them.
Folks, I know this may seem like a petty detail, but especially for academic or
professional work, Bookshare needs to find a way to retain them, I think, even
if it means leaving those annoying page headers in. And even for fiction, I
find their absence highly annoying, I want to see what the sighted reader, who
buys the book at B&N is seeing, and if that means "chapter 1" or a chapter
name, then I want to see it too! I'm sort of confused, because the chapter
headings used to be there. If I've missed something in the last few months I
apologize, but I'd appreciate it if anyone could fill me in.
Thanks,
Donna from MI
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