No, I do not believe that it is a common practice to change the font the OCR software determines the text to be in for people who cannot see the screen. For K1000, at least, most of the time, the font size and type is close to that of the original in the book, unless it is really odd or extremely huge or small. This is not to say that there aren't exceptions, and some small variation from one chapter heading or page number to another in my experience; but it does try to replicate the font size and type if it can.
I am not talking about any other OCR software, since some may be less reliable at doing this replication, and K1000 is not completely reliable at doing it anyhow, or some people may be using older versions of the OCR engines that are used in K1000, which would be even less reliable than the current best.
Besides, I don't think most people with little or no vision, such as myself, think about the font very much. After all, braille comes in only one font, except for jumbo braille, which is hardly ever used; and those who don't read braille are using voice, which, of course, has no font at all. And a sighted person can check the font size and type without any work at all, simply while reading along. Someone who can't see the screen has to do that using keyboard commands, or by going into a menu. So it can be quite a lot of work to check the font size and type for things that may need checking throughout an entire book.
True, K1000, and perhaps OpenBook, I forget, can tell you by changes in voice whether something is bolded or italicized. But as far as I know, there are no such settings that can tell you font size without your having to do some extra labor that a sighted person doesn't have to do.
It should be safe to let K1000 decide on the font size and type. There may be some inaccuracy, of course, it being a mindless machine after all, but I don't think it's worth fretting over, especially considering how much extra time it can take for those of us who can't see a screen.
Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "NANCY M HILL" <girlyscream@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Trying again,Is it a common practice to change the size font a book has if you are the scanner?Thanks, Nancy----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 2:07 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: font sizeI'm not positive that I understand your question, but I'll try.One can change font size and type in Word, and I do for chapter titles and places where the print book has enlarged type, e.g., for store signs in one book I validated, or newspaper headlines in another. But my scanner doesn't convert to the exact fonts that are in the book. For some of the validations I've done I've had to make enlarged fonts smaller because they don't fit on the page. I was told in the past that some don't fit properly on people's Braille readers or whatever they're using to read, also. I seem to remember, and hope I'm not wrong, that a size of 36 was the largest that would fit. Of course that would depend on the font style, because some are smaller than others, but to be safe I don't enlarge anything more than 36.G.CindyFrom: NANCY M HILL <girlyscream@xxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: font size To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sunday, June 1, 2008, 10:36 PM Is there a place where you can adjust font size? Would you adjust the font size for any reason other to help you proof or validate the book if you had useable vision? Nancy----- Original Message ----- From: Amy Goldring TajalliTo: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, June 02, 2008 1:12 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: font size Curtis, K1000 scans the print of the book at the size of the print - which I cannot read most of the time. When I first learned the program, the Kurzweil tech showed me how to set the size by magnification and I did not even notice the font or font size. Magnification does not change anything at base except what the scanner sees. It does not effect the final size which is what the book is in. All the corrections show up within the original text in the places I put them. If there is a problem, I ask that the editor/validator double check but most of the books I have submitted have been accepted as they were without going to step 2. If I am really worried, I make a note to have something checked for me so it will go to step 2. If not, I down load it when it is in the collection and double check there. Only once have I requested that the final form was bad enough that I want it sent back for rescanning and will be doing that soon. Amy oms m < br>If it be now, 'tis not to come, If it be not to come, it will be now, If it be not now, yet it will come. The readiness is all. William Shakespeare. -------------- Original message from Curtis Delzer<curtis@xxxxxxxxxx>: --------------Fascinating, every book I've read using K1000, for some reason, I did not pay attention at all to the font or it's size. hmm! :) Maybe I'm getting ... what? forgetful? or .. what? :) Curtis DelzerTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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