How about instead, just add a line either at the top or bottom of the page "Note -- The first letters of each line of this page form the word "Apple"' No need to confuse the reader more than that. On 9/12/09, Lori Castner <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I think a possible solution is to: > 1) place a reader note at the beginning of the text stating that many pages > contain an acrostic then defining what an acrostic is; > 2) on each page where an acrostic occurs, place a reader note at the top of > the page stating the acrostic on that page. > > Hope that suggestion will help. > > Lori C. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:21 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: formatting question > > >> Hi, Valerie, what you are describing sounds like an acrostic to me. Could >> you write a note to the reader explaining that what is being shown is an >> acrostic? I really don't know how you can work this out because when I'm >> reading a book using a Braille display, I wouldn't have a whole page in >> front of me to make it obvious that what I'm reading is an acrostic. Also, >> >> I >> don't know how you would convey this in audio. This is a real poser. I >> could >> understand what you were doing if I had a hardcover book or pamphlet in >> front of me and I could turn the pages. Sorry, but that's all I know. I'm >> sure there will be others more savvy than I am who can advise you. Good >> luck >> and best regards, Kim. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie Maples >> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:25 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 >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> put 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. >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature >> database 4415 (20090910) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> >> >> __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus >> signature >> database 4418 (20090912) __________ >> >> The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. >> >> http://www.eset.com >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> put 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 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. > > -- Soronel Haetir soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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.