[bksvol-discuss] Re: For Chris: How to handle images, image captions and image descriptions and illustrations (was Re: Scanning a book)

  • From: Christopher Zeigler <chrisallen032@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Bookshare book discussion list <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 20:24:23 -0400

Hello Judy
How do I mark illustrations?
Do I put  [illustration in the words that are in illustration]
I place this in square brackets as in an example even know this is not
really an anal stration just trying to ask with the bracket there if that's
how it would be put? I appreciate any help you can provide
Chris
On Mar 14, 2015 4:24 PM, "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  Hi Chris,
>
> Here are the guidelines. For the following, an image is the same as a
> picture and both are the same as an illustration.
>
> 1. Images must be removed. Instead in place of the image just type in the
> following: [Image Removed]. Make sure you put the phrase "image removed"
> inside of square brackets, which is typed as follows: left-square-bracket
> image removed right-square-bracket.
> 2. If the image has a caption that correctly scanned, do the following:
> put square brackets around the caption. To do this, put the phrase
> "caption:" inside of square brackets, and in front of the sentence or
> sentences that make up the caption. So you will type in :
> left-square-bracket caption colon space the image caption sentence
> right-square-bracket.
> 3. Alternatively, you can remove the image and replace it with a written
> image description. A written image descriptions may be substituted (usually
> this is only done if the scanner is sighted, or you have a sighted
> proofreader who can look at the image and describe it. If you ever want to
> do that, just post and ask for instructions.
>
> I hope that helps. smile.
>
>  Judy s.
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>  On 3/14/2015 2:53 AM, Christopher Zeigler wrote:
>
> Hello all
> I have some books that have ellis trations in the books.
> What is the difference tween image description and a illustration?
> How do I mark al stration or image caption image description?
> I would appreciate any help I can get.
> I have had these books checked out for a while now so I am trying to get
> some help on knowing how to mark these illustrations or image descriptions.
> Chris
>
>
>

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