[bksvol-discuss] Re: formatting question
- From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:18:15 -0500
Granted this is somewhat convoluted.
First, find a book you proofread in the past, any book will do.
Then click on that book's title for the book information page.
Down at the bottom it will list you as proofreader. Click on your name and you
should get all the books you proofread.
Hope this helps.
Bob
"We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will
live on in the future we make,"
Senator Edward M. Kennedy
----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:08 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: formatting question
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
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and
books-being-scanned list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- 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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