Hi Bob, It's bookshare's tool. Bummer, huh? Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 7:13 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: More on Roger's recent submission. Is it bookshare's tool doing the messing up, or is it the translation program on the user's end? Bob - "Right now I'm having amnesia and deja vu at the same time." ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 7:17 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: More on Roger's recent submission. > Hi Robert, > > It isn't that the smart quotes are a circumflex. It is that they > are converted to that, or were last I knew, when turned into daisy files > by > Bookshare's tools. But to answer your question, both opening and closing > quotes get mangled and disturb reading immensely. > > Mayrie > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Robert Peters > Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 4:11 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: More on Roger's recent submission. > > Is the closing smart quote also a circumflex? > RKP > > > > Attention: The information contained in this message and/or attachments > is > intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may > contain confidential and/or nonpublic material. Any review, > retransmission, > dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, > this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient > is > prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and > delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. > > >>>> "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> 6/28/2009 8:29 PM >>> > Hi Roger and Everyone else, > > In true OpenBook fashion, your submission of Imago has smart quotes. > Whoever takes this book to proofread will need to change the smart quotes > to > regular quotes. This problem is not apparent to anyone using only speech. > That is why I mention it. Also, OpenBook uses these smart quotes > routinely. > I don't know if Bookshare's tools have learned to deal with this problem. > I > think I remember someone saying that that is either in the works, or > fixed, > but if not corrected, smart quotes read as an a circumflex in the daisy > books. I have no idea how munched they are in the brf files, but this > change from smart quotes to regular quotes is easy to do in word. > > Just thought I'd mention it. Roger you didn't cause a problem, it's just > an > issue that OpenBook has for everyone. > > Mayrie > > > 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. 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. 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. 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. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.