[bksvol-discuss] Re: italics

There is a method for indicating italicized and nonitalicized text in 
braille, but Bookshare's brf books aren't doing it.

Evan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 2:08 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: italics


> To a sighted reader it does indicate emphasis or, in the case of personal 
> letters written, or notes written from one person to another,it makes it 
> more realistic, if one can say that--and sometimes, as in Penduli, which I 
> just finished validating, it indicates a person's thoughts vis-a-vis what 
> he/she is saying.
>
> I can't think offhand of all the used to which italics are used--I think 
> those are the main ones. Sometimes newspaper articles within a story are 
> given in italics, but I don't think that's essential; it would probably be 
> just as clear to a sighted reader if it were indented and in quotation 
> marks.
>
> I assume when I validate that Jaws or Daisy or whatever is audio--I still 
> don't have the various technologies straight in my mind, though it was 
> explained once--emphasizes the italics in speech, or somehow reads it 
> differently, though you just said that JAWS didn't, so I must be confused. 
> And I thought someone posted  that braille differentiates italics, but 
> that wasn't your question. smile
>
> G.Cindy
>
>
>
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>
>
> --- On Sat, 7/5/08, Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> From: Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: italics
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 10:29 PM
>> Thank you but that's not the problem or the question. I
>> have sighted help
>> and have copied the sentence. My question is, this is going
>> to make a real
>> change in the print copy so the sighted reader (dyslexic
>> etc.) will miss the
>> way it looks in the book entirely. This is why I am asking
>> how others are
>> dealing with this issue. But thanks again for your offer.
>> You know I won't
>> hesitate to ask you for help when I need it; you are always
>> so generous.
>> Jill
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Grandma Cindy"
>> <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 8:29 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: italics
>>
>>
>> >
>> > What is the book, Jill? If I can get it, I can send
>> you the sentence
>> > italicized.
>> >
>> > G.Cindy
>> >
>> >
>> > --- On Sat, 7/5/08, Jill O'Connell
>> <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> From: Jill O'Connell
>> <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
>> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] italics
>> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 3:55 PM
>> >> I have been following the discussion on the list
>> about
>> >> making italics but
>> >> have done nothing about it so far; this is partly
>> because
>> >> Kurzweil does such
>> >> a good job reading them and although it would be
>> nice, I
>> >> didn't think it was
>> >> all that important making the italics available in
>> braille
>> >> since they
>> >> wouldn't be shown in the speech version
>> either.  Now,
>> >> however, I am
>> >> confronted with an example that Kurzweil can't
>> read and
>> >> it's fairly long. I
>> >> can retype it but, of course, the effect will be
>> lost for
>> >> the sighted
>> >> reader. I would really welcome being told what
>> others are
>> >> doing in similar
>> >> situations. I think it is virtually impossible to
>> >> accommodate the three
>> >> readinggroups who use Bookshare. I wonder how  the
>> staff
>> >> doing scanning
>> >> would handle this situation. Any comments would be
>> welcome.
>> >> Jill
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