[bksvol-discuss] Re: double quotes appearing as single quotes
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 Oct 2006 00:15:21 -0700 (PDT)
Scott,
I hope you're wrong about how they come out in BRF
format, because I've done at least 4 books that way
that I can think of--no, five or six that I remember.
Do you read in Braille? If so, download the most
recent ones like that I validated, Blood Royal and/or
Transit of Venus (Did you scan and submit that one? I
can't remember) and see how they came out. If they
don't read properly, then we need to know that, and
also need to know from the officials what to do. A
global change would make apostrophes also double
quotes.
Cindy R
--- Scott Blanks <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Cindy,
>
> Yep, English author. And published within the past
> 15 years. I would have no
> problem leaving things as they are, but I don't
> believe it will come out
> well in the Braille format. I'm hoping someone can
> comment on this concern.
>
> I've converted what I've scanned into the rtf
> format, and the quotes are
> still appearing as single quotes or apostrophes.
>
> Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 12:01 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: double quotes
> appearing as single quotes
>
>
> > Scott,
> >
> > Is this a book written by an English as opposed to
> an
> > American author? The English do it that way. They
> > also, I've seen in books I've validated, omit the
> > period we put after titles like Mr., and put
> > punctuation marks outside quotation marks instead
> of
> > inside, as we do. Some of that may depend on when
> the
> > book was published, but I'm not sure.
> >
> > To find out more about the differences, as well as
> an
> > interesting take on grammar and punctuation, I
> > recommend Eats Shoots and Leaves, which is in the
> > collection. It's an amusing book.
> >
> > Which reminds me, spelling differs, too, z being
> used
> > in words like amusing instead of s.
> >
> > When I validate a book like that, I don't change
> > anything but I do put in the long synopsis that
> the
> > book used English rather than American spelling
> and
> > punctuation.
> >
> > Grandma Cindy
> >
> >
> > --- Scott Blanks <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> Hello all,
> >>
> >> I'm using Openbook to scan a novel. Where dialog
> >> appears in the book,
> >> Openbook is identifying what should be double
> quotes
> >> at the beginning and
> >> end of spoken passages as single quotes. I'm
> >> concerned that all of these
> >> single quotes will have to be converted to the
> >> proper quotation marks. Am I
> >> correct in this assumption, and if so, is there
> an
> >> easy way to do this? Or
> >> another thought ... is there a scanning setting I
> >> can adjust within Openbook
> >> so the inaccurate marks will be seen properly?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Scott
> >>
> >>
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