What version of JFW do you have? I have version 10 and could do a tandem session if you have version 10. Do you have MSN/WindowsLive Messenger or skype? What is your email address so I can write you privately? Want me to create some sound files for you? They'll be in .wav format. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 9:24 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bolded words in text
Chela, could you show me how to do this sort of thing, i.e., indicate thecapitalization of a word by using a sound? I'd have to know: 1. Where to getor find the sound, 2. how to integrate it into Jaws (due to my lack of knowledge or caution, I haven't had any intention to mess about with Jawssettings because I wouldn't know what to do and would prefer not to crash mycomputer.) and 3. I'd need a lot of details so I can understand not only what to do but what happens when I do something and why one would do it in the first place. You are going to be talking to a non-technogeek, so begentle with me and give me lots and lots of details. I should also tell you from the start that telling me to read the manual won't serve because I havea marvelous facility for falling asleep when I start reading those things.They aren't as exciting to read as genre fiction. Now you know. Regards, KimFriedman. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chela Robles Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 8:00 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bolded words in text Oh yeah, setting a sound scheme for such things as bold or italics is the most fun I've ever had, made trumpet recordings for italic and had a ding sound for bold. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 6:46 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bolded words in textHi Cindy and Melissa, If one is using JAWS and microsoft Word, JAWS can be instructed to change it's manner of speaking or to make a different sound to indicate that bolded or italicized text is being read. I don't know how to achieve this, but my geeky sweetie assures me that if I wanted to do it, he could set it up for me. I use a different software for proofreading. That's why I don't employ this method. Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Melissa Smith Sent: Saturday, November 07, 2009 6:31 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bolded words in text Cindy, I don't know the answers to all of your questions, but every single book in the bookshare library is available in daisy format, as well as a .brf or Braille file. If you are using Kurzweil, you can have it set to speak the "emphasized text" in a different voice. The "emphasized text" as I understand is text that is bolded or italicized. Kurzweil does recognize text as either being bolded or Italicized, but it is not always accurate. It is difficult for us blind proofers and scanners to know for sure what is supposed to be bolded or Italicized, but if there is a pattern, it can be figured out. For instance, in a recent book I scanned, there were quotes from others that appeared in italics. Kurzweil recognized it as such. I had a sighted person check the first couple of quotes and confirmed that they were in italics, so I knew that was the case through the rest of the book. If you choose to, you can have your screenreader set to speak the font changes, which I do when proofing, but not when doing my normal work. Melissa Cindy wrote:But we don't know when we submit or upload books whether they're going tobe converted to Daisy or not, do we? And we're supposed to keep the file as cl;close as possible to the print book, so I'd retain italics, bold, and larger fonts as needed--jmo.When one is listening to a book (is that Daisy?), does one hear emphasiswhen a word is italicized? Do you scanners listen when you scan? Or how do you know if words need to be italicized? The book I'm soon to upload I have because it needed page breaks, but as I put in the breaks I found I had to eye-scan the print page because there are a lot of words I found that hadto be changed in the file to italics. It was just accident that a sighted proofer happened to get this file. How would a blind scanner know that a book needed a sighted proofer to put in italics? Can the OCR be set to scan italicised words or words with an odd font?cindy Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Sat, 11/7/09, Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:From: Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bolded words in text To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Saturday, November 7, 2009, 1:25 PM As far as I know, bold and italics make no difference at all. They may very well be taken out. Bob "We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make," Senator Edward M. Kennedy ----- Original Message----- From:Denise Thompson To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 5:44 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bolded words in text My question is- does it make a difference in Daisy to have text in bold or italix. Does Daisy keep it? I've been changing the book to TN 23 and then putting the chapter in 16 because I though that's what we've talked about doing on this list before. I use regular for both. I was under the impression that Daisy didn't like bold or other types of text atributes. So now that we're all confused as to what to do. Someone needs to decide what BKS wants us to do. All of my proofed books that I've done this with have been approved by admin so apparently admin thinks regular text is ok. I want to do what is expected, but for it keeping changing makes it difficult for those of us doing proofing. Denise At 11:47 AM 11/7/2009, you wrote: Monica, you make a good point; however, I am sure that the request to change the entire text of a submission to Times Roman 12 is in the manual. Like you, I always change fonts in my chapter titles to a larger size, but luckily I have made a note to that effect when submitting the book. However, it would be very easy to do all the work you mention and not make a note. I agree with the other Lori from a later message that I have changed the font in order to make the text more readable and also to reduce some very large fonts. In future, I will check the fonts of chapter titles before making a universal change. Lori C. . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 10:56 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bolded words in text Melissa and Lori, please, please don't do this as a principle on every book. I don't think you realize that this could do damage to someone's submission. When I submit books, I work very hard to fix the fonts so that my chapter headings are detected more easily both by sighted users and the Bookshare tools. Sighted readers use changes in the font face or font size to tell when the chapter or scene changes in a book. The current book I'm scanning uses the Arial font to indicate a chapter name and log entries when the scene changes. The rest of the text is Times New Roman. Furthermore, in many books I submit, the page numbers are at the bottom of the page. Using a larger font for the chapter names or numbers tells the Bookshare stripper that this is where a new chapter or part begins. If you change the entire document to 12 point, you would unintentionally undo the work I spend a couple of hours doing to ensure good daisy navigation for everyone. Braille and blind speech users wouldn't notice. Our members with learning disabilities would though, and I'm doing everything I can to make their reading as easy and pleasurable as ours. I hope what I'm saying doesn't sound like a lecture. It's not meant that way. I'm pleading with you to learn about how fonts work and why they matter. I used to do the same thing as you, changing mine to Times New Roman as well. Then Judy and Valerie came into my life and opened my eyes and heart to their needs. Since then I began paying attention to the fonts in my scans before submitting them. Now I make sure the fonts for chapters are correct as I strip headers in my books. This isn't an absolute thing, and it's not a show-stopper in the grand scheme of things. If you know for sure that the submitter hasn't done any work with the fonts, changing the font probably won't matter. If your screenreader won't speak the text in Word, you may have to change it to 12 point as a base. In that case, will you please consider taking the time to enlarge the font for chapter headings to 14 or 16 point? You can do that quickly by selecting the chapter name or number and pressing control right bracket in Kurzweil or shift control right bracket in Word. It will increase the point size each time you press the keystroke, and you should hear the font size when it changes. The left bracket makes the font smaller, by the way. It does take extra time to do this. I freely admit that. If you are blind like me, fonts mean very little since we can't see them. Still, I know I'd want help if something was causing my Braille books to read badly, so I take time to do it for others who need it. Monica Willyard "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [ mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Melissa Smith Sent: Friday, November 06, 2009 8:31 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bolded words in text I select the whole document, and set the font to Times New Roman, and 12 Point. I leave alone the box that has the style. This leaves any bold or italicized text the way it is. I do this in every book I proof. Melissa 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. 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