[bksvol-discuss] first pargraph reminder on Wish List
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:01:20 -0700 (PDT)
Very useful info, Maria. Instead of enlarged the font in that paragraph, then,
I shall return it to 12 point and make it bold. Thank you.
Cindy
> From: Maria Kristic <maria6289@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: WishListRequest From Chela
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, July 23, 2008, 11:55 AM
> Hi Cindy,
>
> To add to George's reply, on the Braille side, no, the
> text does not look
> different in Braille when enlarged/made smaller. There are
> no "fonts" in
> Braille, and the dots have only one size. In terms of font
> attribute,
> though, such as bold and underline, or items such as text
> color and text
> highlighting on the screen, one can choose to have such
> things indicated
> when reading text with such attributes on the Braille
> display by selecting a
> setting which adds a couple of dots to create a highlight
> of sorts
> underneath the text which has the attribute; in JAWS, one
> can also cycle to
> a mode where only font attributes are indicated on the
> Braille display.
> Also, that paragraph in the Wish List is in all caps, and
> capitalizations
> certainly look different in Braille, since there are of
> course ways to
> indicate that a letter or group of letters is capitalized.
> On the speech
> side, though, in JAWS, one can use the Speech and Sounds
> Manager and Voice
> Aliases to create, for instance, font and attribute rules
> where JAWS can
> speak text in specified font ranges, certain specific fonts
> such as Times
> New Roman, or with certain attributes such as bold and
> underline in a
> different voice/at a different pitch/at a different rate
> automatically when
> such text is encountered; similar rules can be applied to
> text in All Caps
> or certain colors as well. If one wishes to find the exact
> point size of a
> specific piece of text, there's a manual command which
> can be invoked to
> give that and other font/attribute info for the text at the
> cursor location.
> I know for certain that all of this applies to JAWS, the
> vast majority if
> not all of it probably applies to Window-Eyes, and I
> honestly haven't played
> with other screen readers enough to know how much of it
> applies in other
> cases.
>
> HTH,
> Maria
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> George Marshall
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2008 8:40 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: WishListRequest From
> Chela
>
> Hi Cindy:
> I can't speak for braille as I don't use it, but
> enlarged fonts do not make
> the sound louder, in fact if they are to large the
> synthesizer ignores them
> and doesn't speak them at all.
> HTH,
> George R. Marshall
> marshall.geoma4@xxxxxxxxx
>
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