[bksvol-discuss] Re: Another Validation Dilemma
- From: "Max G. Swanson" <mswanson@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:09:41 -0500 (CDT)
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 against
> the 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 is
> the way I have encountered them. Why put in a space if there isn't one in
> the 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 Dilemma
>
>
>> I'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
>>>
>>>
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