[bksvol-discuss] Re: More fun with footnotes! (LONG)
- From: "Dornetta" <dornetta@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 18 Jul 2012 00:13:59 -0400
Hey guys,
Recently (this past spring semester) I had to download The Norton Anthology
of American Literature shorter 7th ed. by Nina Baym for my American
Literature English class in which the book had tons of footnotes and I do
mean tons. From a reader prospective, I found those square brackets
necessary. Now keep in mind that I most often read the book straight from
the computer opting not to use the stream or Packmate (which I don't use
often anyway) simply because it made navigation much easier as well as I
could "see" the form of the work...end of the line for poems and the like.
With that being said, those square brackets made knowing where actual text
ended and "the footnotes" begin. It is not that obvious when reading text. I
often find it more annoying when JAWS says star, star,star,star. Rather than
open brack text the close bracket.
Yes, the square brackets are more often used when a author has altered the
text during a direct quote, for example, "After the notes is generally the
end of the page and it seems fairly obvious [not so obvious] where the end
of the page is and a new one begins." --this may have not been an good
example but hopefully you get my point. This is not always an obvious
situation--where the page ends and another one begins as I have stated this
in an earlier email (page numbers, I think). Like I said, using those
brackets with the word-begin footnotes and end footnotes seems to be the
better choice then again, what do I know. When changes like these are made
it seems that the blind community is never asked or given the choice. Most
changes that are made for the "benefit of the blind" are usually made by
sighted people who know what's best for us. **venting**
Netta
"Just because you are blind does not mean you lack vision"-Stevie Wonder
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