[bksvol-discuss] Re: chapter headings???
- From: "Donna Goodin" <goodindo@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 22:08:41 -0400
Hi Jake and Carrie and all,
Huh. In the books that I've submitted, it hasn't dawned on me to do that,
but I think it makes a lot of sense. In the book I just downloaded, Dream
Country by Luanne Rice, I saw the number 1, and wondered if it was a chapter
indicator, or a page indicator. When I couldn't find any other chapter
indicators, I assumed it was a page indicator. So, maybe that distinction is
an important one to make, in order to avoid this confusion. We could always
write the word chapter in parenthesis or something.
Best,
Donna
----- Original Message -----
From: Jake Brownell
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2005 9:45 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: chapter headings???
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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