Yes, the symbols for the fractions do not show up well at all on a display. Neither do bullets.
AndromacheP.S. How do those with no Braille display do proofing? Set the screen reader to all punctuation? I prefer Braille, because I like tactile feedback and much prefer to see words than to be read to. Also helps to keep my spelling skills sharp. But I find that all punctuation is a very distracting way to read.
On 5/7/2010 5:35 AM, Debby Franson wrote:
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 wroteI 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 SuggestionIf 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 DekkerEarn cash for answering trivia questions every 3 hours: <http://instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/49497>http://instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/49497See everything I've read this year at: <http://www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html>www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html---------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comVersion: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2858 - Release Date: 05/06/10 18:26:00No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.comVersion: 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 NLTTo 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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