[bksvol-discuss] Re: formatting question
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 23:50:12 -0700 (PDT)
It's not there under Ellen Hopkins, though another of her books is. I know
bookshare doesn't censor books. I can't believ e I did all that work and
didn'tupload it. I'm sure I must have. I guess I'll ask Carrie if she can find
it
Cindy
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--- On Thu, 9/10/09, Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: formatting question
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 6:08 PM
How can I find a book in the collection that I proofed? I proofed a book
somewhat similar to what Valerie describes. It was about identical twins and
their totally different reactions to events that occurred in their childhood.
Each page was a different sister, and the formatting was somewhat similar to
Valerie's book, only the sentence on the succeeding page continued where the
sentence on the preceding page left off. I don't know how well what I did wrked
out, or if it would help Valerie to look at it. I can't remember the title and
was hoping I could find it by seeing what books I'd proofed
Cindy
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--- On Thu, 9/10/09, Rik James <rixmix2009@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Rik James <rixmix2009@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: formatting question
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, September 10, 2009, 8:09 AM
Valerie & Doug,
If I understand what you said, the letter that is separated from the rest of
a word is part of a sentence. Is that correct?
If this is the case, I would remove the spaces. And put the letter with the
rest of the word.
So that it may be read and make sense.
If it is helpful, I think it is good to use brackets and use text like
"reader's note" followed by an explanatory note, followed by by another
bracketed
"end of readers' note." This way as a reader, you hear that
there is some explanatory text, and the readers are better informed and can
enjoy the book just like if they were looking at it.
I have heard this type of thing in recordings for years, in the NLS books
and on RFB & D books. So it seems to me that our Bookshare collection could
or should have these type of explanatory notes. I have used them in a scan
where I think it appropriate. But not everyone who scans will be noting all
of these details. And when that is the case, we just have to parse as best
we can the confusing sections in text of books that are scanned for our
collection.
I hope that this is helpful.
From what you said, if I got it right, an explanatory note may not really
even be necessary.
Thanks.
Rik
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From:
"Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:24 AM
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] formatting question
Good morning!
I have a question. Doug and I are working on a children's book and it relies
on some visual cues within some pages. On a couple of the pages it has the
first letter of the word of each line separated by a space from the rest of
its word so that when you look at the page vertically you see a message. In
other words, there is an intentional space so that you get a message when
you look at the word from top to bottom. Obviously a blind reader would lose
this message and I am wondering how to best handle it. My immediate thought
is
to leave it intact, but after considerable thought, I am thinking about
putting a bracketed message at the top of the page and simply making the
first letter either or both bold or larger, but eliminating the space so
that it reads as a word or plays as a word when using text to speech.
Feedback will be greatly appreciated so that I can modify it appropriately
to submit to the collection.
Thanks!
Valerie
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