[bksvol-discuss] Re: pre-marking RTF files
- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 17:47:31 -0400
Carrie, I've been reading this thread and thinking about it carefully.
I have two comments to offer. First, many of us who are totally blind
do not use Word to validate or proofread our scans. For that reason,
using a text-based symbol or tag we can type in Kurzweil or in Braille
makes sense. The heading feature in Word is cumbersome to use without
a mouse, so I would probably skip doing that unless it were mandatory.
I really, really don't want to switch to using Word to read books.
Second, I like the idea of using a text tag that's easy to remember
because we actively work to strip out extra and random punctuation
while proofreading. If you use a tag like {chapter} we can even use a
macro to insert it by pressing a single keystroke or by a single click
of a toolbar for Cindy and our other sighted validaters. I would be
willing to write keyboard macros and share them to make tag insertion
easier. I think {chapter} is a lot easier to remember than for ::::
signs. Tags like {table} {caption} {contents} and {textbox} would be
obvious to understand and would take less time for us to learn. I
already have trouble remembering when to use a : or a ; and still have
to guess at where to find a & sign.
On 9/11/08, siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Ann,
>
> Not when you use the stars to protect chapter headings for Bookshare. The
> mighty stripper eats the stars but leaves the chapter headings.
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 9:26 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: pre-marking RTF files
>
>
> Hi Cindy,
>
> All I know is that if you type a star four times in succession and then
> hit the enter key, you will make a horizontal line of stars in the
> document. Works with dashes, underscores, numbersigns and equal signs.
> It shows when you print the thing.
>
>
> Ann P.
>
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