[bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 10:43:14 -0700
Hi, Lissi, I think Jessica Stirling is a fine writer and I'd also like
to see more of her stuff on Bookshare. I also like Audrey Howard. I'd be
willing to proofread this stuff as well as fantasy, romance, sf,
humorous fiction (everyone can use a laugh now and then) and all manner
of mysteries (especially ones with detectives). I haven't done any
espionage fiction but might if the story interests me. I seem to be
doing a lot of historical mysteries (I seem to gravitate towards them).
I wouldn't mind trying legal fiction. Regards, Kim.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Estelnalissi
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 9:18 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
Dear Kim and Booksharian Friends,
Kim, Since I'm reading this thread out of order, you may have already
had
this suggestion. To produce an I umlaut I delete the i, and press the
control and shift down together. As I hold them, I type the colon Then
release all three keys and type i. when you backspace your screenreader
should say i umlaut. This is with Word 2003. Soon I'll have to make the
leap
to a more updated word, oh dread!
Good luck!
Many thanks to Sandi, and to those of you who advised her about how to
get
Strawberry Season back for me. Thank you to the volunteer, too, who
released
it. I've proofed Books one and two in this wonderful trilogy and had
bought
books for Sandi to scan and for me to proof the third book. I'll be
getting
on it tomorrow once I've checked in Mr. Monk on Patrol, from a wonderful
scan done by Jamie. Just 30 pages to go.
Bookshare has the Monk novels and they are laugh out loud funny. I hope
many
of you will give them a try. They'll brighten your reading landscape.
Jamie
has been consistently faithful seeing that they have been added to the
collection. She's a marvel of generosity, scanning many books and
putting
holds on the ones she knows some of us care deeply about.
As for Island Wife, The Wind From the Hills and The Strawberry Season,
by
Jessica Sterling, they are fabulous historical romances with deep
character
study and very concerned with family dynamics set in the Scottish
Hebrides
near the end of the nineteenth century. They are intelligently written
and
the type of series you can lose yourself in. They are not formulaic, pot
boiler, cookie cutter romances. The transcend the genre in general.
I fear we have a shortage of scanners. It takes much more work tracking
down
books that aren't in the collection yet, and we all have to be willing
to do
the work knowing it may be replaced by PQ versions of our books, but I
love
the process of making a proof as error free as I can, love the reading
of
the book as I proof and therefore still feel my efforts were worthwhile
even
when a book I've worked on is replaced, though occasionally, the
volunteer
copy has better navigation and other perks for Bookshare readers than
the PQ
books.
I've never seen the check out list as short as it is now. Is it because
Bookshare is emphasizing textbooks and working harder at training
volunteers
who can describe graphics? Since we blind readers were so active in
helping
Bookshare during its start up years, it's sad to see our role
diminishing.
Since I love hunting down books to add, there is no shortage for Evan to
scan for me to proof as well as for other generous scanners to scan.
If there is interest, I have about 20 books I'll be happy to give to
anyone
who has the time to scan them in the next month or so. I don't want to
proof
them and don't want them returned. I'd just love to see them in the
collection and if there are willing scanners, their presence could plump
up
the check out page a little.
Let me know if there's an interest and I'll post a list. I sure would
like
to get them out of this book clogged room.
I also have a box of mostly lighthearted books with graphics that I
don't
feel equal to the task of describing. if There's an interest in those,
I'll
post that list,
too. I just don't want to overwhelm anyone with more scanning than they
have time for, something I've accidentally done before.
Keep up the good work, all of you. I remain glad to be in your company.
Always with love,
Lissi
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: "misha" <mishatronics@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 11:07 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
> Those sneaky French. According to this web page
>
> http://french.lovetoknow.com/French_Accent_Marks
>
> They do have umlauts (though usually called trema when it is used in
> French words). I say sneaky because, I always thought naive used an
acute
> accent, but the table on the web page clearly uses naive as an example
of
> umlaut accent and it clearly fits the case of pronouncing each vowel
> separately. I still think in most American books an acute accent is
> almost always used for naive when it occurs in an English sentence.
Now
> if it's in a French quote, I guess it better be the trema or the
gendarmes
> will be on the way.
>
> I can't help much with how to produce it, though. In MS Word under
> insert
> there is a symbols item which brings up a table of all kinds of
different
> characters, but it's hard enough for me to find what I want in there
> (which is why I don't have any of them is this email), much less how a
> blind person would.
>
> Misha
>
> On 6/2/2012 6:25 PM, Kim Friedman wrote:
>> Hi, Cindy I think it's another word for that umlaut-like mark. I
>> found
>> the word on a site where it was talking about French accent marks
(they
>> do seem to have a lot of them). Regards, Kim.
>> -----Original Message-----
>> *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Cindy
>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 02, 2012 4:02 PM
>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
>>
>> I'm curious. What is traemma?
>> (the answer to your question, though, is umlaut.smile
>>
>>
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>> *From:* Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 2, 2012 6:16 AM
>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
>>
>> Hi, Ali, what sort of accent mark is alt 0237? Is it that I
umlaut or
>> traemma I want? Please write back and let me know. Regards, Kim
>> Friedman.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of Ali
>> Al-hajamy
>> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:11 PM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks
>>
>>
>> If your computer has a number pad, make sure numlock is turned
on.
>> Hold
>> down the alt key, and press the following numbers: 0237.
>> See also:
>> http://usefulshortcuts.com/alt-codes/accents-alt-codes.php
>>
>> On 02-Jun-12 01:01, Kim Friedman wrote:
>> > How does one make the accent mark on the computer for the I in
the
>> > word naive? I know how it's done for literary Braille, but I
>> have
>> no
>> > idea how it's supposed to be printed. I could sure use help
with
>> this.
>>
>> > Regards, Kim Friedman.
>> >
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