I wouldn't go back and redo the ones you've already done. It's better to have them in whatever form than not to have them at all.
Previously my OpenBook, and now my K1000 tends to recognize those numbers not as superscripts, but simply as regular numbers. I leave them as they are, because at first I didn't know how to make superscripts in Word, and then when I did learn, I found that the command is a toggle that doesn't seem to always toggle off in my experience. I used to have to write lab reports with super- and subscripts in them, and I would swear I turned off the function after turning it on, but I later found out that it didn't always turn off. So I now just leave the numbers as regular, and if the voice says a number after the sentence, then hopefully people will know that it refers to an endnote. Also, I'm not sure how, or whether, the braille translator will handle superscript numbers anyhow, and I prefer to be on the safe side and make sure that the numbers are clearly there for all readers.
Thanks for being so conscientious about this. Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Max G. Swanson" <mswanson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Your point about putting in a space is well taken, though I don't know how I'm giong to reformat all those without starting the book over again. The reason for doing so is that there's no indication with a screenreader or K1000 that these are superscripts; and while their function is understandable as written, the readout is confusing and appeared to result from a scanning error. The fact that a program may read something incorrectly certainly isn't a reason for changing it; in fact, the original would trump that consideration every time. What you hear, however, with the probable superscript and no space is something like: Dogs generally dislike cats point one four. (The period is read as a decimal, because it's just before a number, and this changes with the insertion of a space.) I certainly agree that things should be left alone wherever possible; and visually the note as a superscript number is different from just an attached number. There might, however, be some wiggle room where an aspect of clear presentation, (I.e. the use of superscripts), routinely can't be viewed by the target audience. Not defending how I've handled it so far, but this is a real can o' worms. All suggestions appreciated, and I'll either be done or throw this fish back in the sea on Saturday. -- "True Terror is waking up and finding your old high school class is running the country."--Kurt Vonegut. Pax, Max. <Mail to: mswanson@xxxxxxxxxxx> or <swando99@xxxxxxxxx> On Mon, April 16, 2007 16:11, Evan Reese said:From what I've seen, the note numbers are usually written right up againstthe period at the end of the sentence which contains the reference, usually as a superscript. I leave them as they are, with no space, since that isthe way I have encountered them. Why put in a space if there isn't one inthe book? Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Max G. Swanson" <mswanson@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 11:49 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Another Validation DilemmaI'll bet anything the number is 100 million, but we shall see. As far as the endnotes, the problem was the lack of any space between the period at the end of the sentence and the note number; thus you'd get: The quick brown fox jumped over the sly lazy dog.14 I've just been inserting spaces; since it seems like a scanning glitch. -- "True Terror is waking up and finding your old high school class is running the country."--Kurt Vonegut. Pax, Max. <Mail to: mswanson@xxxxxxxxxxx> or <swando99@xxxxxxxxx> On Sat, April 14, 2007 19:50, Grandma Cindy said:Max, I've requested the book. When it comes I'll contact you offlist and tell you what thenumber should be, and provide answers to whatever other questions arise. --- "Max G. Swanson" <mswanson@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: We can also straighten out the footnote number problems. Thenumbers probably did't scan correctly. I was told, when I asked earlier, that people prefer to have the numbers immediately after the period, not in parentheses and not superscripted (both of which I;d done at one time or another.) When a validator is working on a book, it disappears from the donwload list, unless one doesn't renw on time. smile Cindy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.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.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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.
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