Hi, Debby, the fractions you wrote down were heard by my screen reader but my BrailleNote didn't see them but just as a couple of marks and not in the way I've seen fractions look in Braille cookbooks from NLS or fractions in a math book. Regards, Kim. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Debby Franson Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 8:36 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Credit Suggestion Hi Jill and everyone! Whenever I have submitted a cookbook, I have made sure all fractions are correct. I have wondered how accurate other Bookshare cookbooks were until joining this list when I have found that many volunteers take care to correct the scanos, since fractions are usually horrible for OCR to get right. The first cookbook I downloaded years ago was "The I Hate to Cook" cookbook. The fractions were not written as 1/2 and 1/4 but the higher ASCII characters for those fractions, so, unless I was left' or right-arrowing over those fractions, Window-Eyes ignored them entirely, so I hope that people always use the 1/2 and 1/4 form of the fractions so they are read rather than ignored by synthetic speech.. I suspect those higher ASCII characters don't show up well on a braille display either. Am I right? Here they are to test: ¼ ½ Debby At 09:46 PM 5/6/2010, Jill O'Connell wrote >I hope you sent your suggestion to the volunteer coordinator where it >might possibly do some good. It is really disappointing to download a >recipe book and find it virtually unreadable. >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: <mailto:mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>Melissa Smith >>To: <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 7:03 PM >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Credit Suggestion >> >>If only the outsourcers did as fine a job as many of the scanners and >>proofers on this list. I don't know how many books I've read, that >>were done by the outsourcers, that were poorly done. I do make quality >>reports when warranted. Not to mention the fact that, I was told a few >>months ago by Bookshare staff, that the outsourcers wouldn't be >>working on any more cookbooks. >> >> >>Melissa Smith >>On 5/6/2010 5:31 PM, Jamie Yates, CPhT wrote: >>>One idea is to let the more complicated books be handled by >>>staff/outsourcers. >>> >>>-- >>>Jamie in Michigan >>> >>>Currently Reading: The BoneMan's Daughters by Ted Dekker Earn cash >>>for answering trivia questions every 3 hours: >>><http://instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/49497>http:// >>>instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/49497 >>> >>>See everything I've read this year at: >>><http://www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html>www.michiganrxtech.com/book >>>s.html >> >> >>---------- >> >>No virus found in this incoming message. >>Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2858 - Release Date: >>05/06/10 18:26:00 > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2858 - Release Date: >05/06/10 13:26:00 -- mailto:<the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> -- Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless; it is like chasing the wind.--Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLT 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. __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5095 (20100507) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5095 (20100507) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5095 (20100507) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.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.