[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question about paragraph formatting
- From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:50:05 -0600
Hi Guido, and thanks for your thoughts on this.
Many of these books don't have paragraph indentations. So leaving them alone
actually leaves out the visual cues a sighted reader uses. On the other hand,
adding in the indentations is a pain in the butt because it messes up paragraph
formatting over page breaks that then has to be corrected by hand.
So, the crux of my question remains: Is there any agreed-upon standard
paragraph format regarding indentation for bookshare? smile.
I have full vision and personally prefer indentations, but I'm one of only a
handful of sighted bookshare members. I have no idea what impact, if any,
paragraph indentations have on braille readers or printed braile.
Judy s.
cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Guido Corona wrote:
I suggest you leave paragraph indentations alone. They are visual
queues that can be useful to some low vision / dyslexic reader.
G.
Guido Dante Corona
IBM Research,
Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC)
Austin Tx.
Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
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[bksvol-discuss] Question about paragraph formatting
I'm using Word to validate rtf files that I'm downloading from step 1.
Some
scans I've downloaded come through with paragraphs all the way through
the book
that have zero indentation. Other scans have each paragraph indented
anywhere
from .2 to .5 inches.
Is there any preferred way, or required way, that paragraphs should be
formatted
in regards to indentation when it comes to cleaning up a scan during
validation?
Judy s.
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