Yes--and I noticed that my posts that are underneath replies are the same way. I don't know why either. G.Cindy > > By the way, does anyone else see my message below > Carrie's as having one > word on each line? That's the way it looks to me, > but I can't imagine why. > It didn't appear that way originally. > > > > > > I > > think > > you're > > right > > on > > this. > > Being > > unable > > to > > see > > the > > screen, > > I > > have > > no > > idea > > how > > I > > can > > be > > aware > > of > > - > > let > > alone > > correct > > - > > font > > problems > > without > > checking > > the > > font > > of > > every > > word > > in > > the > > book > > manually. > > I > > have > > checked > > the > > fonts > > of > > headings > > when > > scanning > > or > > validating > > books, > > but > > for > > the > > rest, > > I > > just > > have > > to > > assume > > the > > fonts > > are > > okay. > > A > > person > > with > > enough > > vision > > to > > see > > the > > screen > > can > > look > > at > > a > > whole > > page > > and > > see > > that > > something > > is > > out > > of > > whack. > > I > > don't > > see > > how > > somewhat > > with > > insufficient > > vision > > could > > do > > anything > > similar. > > If > > I > > am > > mistaken, > > please > > let > > me > > know. > > I > > could, > > of > > course, > > check > > each > > page > > in > > Word > > or > > K1000 > > and > > see > > what > > kinds > > of > > fonts > > are > > on > > it, > > and > > what > > the > > sizes > > are. > > But > > as > > far > > as > > I > > know, > > those > > programs > > don't > > tell > > you > > which > > font > > is > > where > > on > > the > > page. > > So > > someone > > who > > cannot > > see > > the > > screen > > would > > need > > some > > way > > of > > hearing > > - > > on > > the > > fly > > - > > when > > the > > font > > changes > > and > > the > > new > > characteristics. > > Is > > that > > possible? > > Unless > > that > > can > > be > > done, > > or > > there > > is > > another > > way > > for > > someone > > with > > little > > or > > no > > vision > > to > > be > > aware > > of > > font > > problems > > without > > a > > great > > deal > > of > > time > > consuming > > manual > > checking, > > it > > seems > > unrealistic > > to > > expect > > that > > books > > on > > Bookshare > > will > > have > > no > > font > > problems, > > as > > long > > as > > people > > with > > little > > or > > no > > vision > > are > > submitting > > or > > validating > > them. > > > > Evan > > > > ----- > > Original > > Message > > ----- > > From: > > <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: > > <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: > > Monday, > > February > > 04, > > 2008 > > 8:55 > > AM > > Subject: > > [bksvol-discuss] > > Re: > > Question > > on > > Scan > > quality > > for > > blind > > vs > > other > > types > > of > > disabled > > bookshare > > readers > > > > > >> > > Hi, > >> > > I > > will > > add > > to > > this > > that > > as > > a > > blind > > validator, > > it > > would > > probably > > be > >> > > difficult > > to > > correct > > all > > font > > problems. > > If > > I > > am > > incorrect > > about > > this, > > I > > am > >> > > certainily > > open > > to > > validation > > help. > >> > >> > > Jim > >> > >> > > James > > D > > Homme, > > , > > Usability > > Engineering, > > Highmark > > Inc., > >> > > james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, > > 412-544-1810 > >> > >> > > "it > > is > > only > > possible > > to > > live > > happily > > ever > > after > > on > > a > > day-to-day > > basis." > > -- > >> > > Margaret > > Bonnano > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > "Anastasia > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Saridakis" > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > <anamatia81@yahoo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > .com> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Sent > > by: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > cc > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bksvol-discuss-bo > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > unce@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Subject > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > g > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [bksvol-discuss] > > Re: > > Question > > on > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Scan > > quality > > for > > blind > > vs > > other > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > types > > of > > disabled > > bookshare > > readers > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 02/01/2008 > > 07:48 > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PM > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Please > > respond > > to > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > bksvol-discuss@fr > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > eelists.org > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > Hi > > Judy > >> > >> > > Before > > telling > > you > > my > > thoughts > > about > > your > > question > > let > > me > > introduce > > myself > >> > > I'm > > Anastasia; > > I > > am > > legally > > blind > > and > > use > > a > > screen > > enlarger. > > So > > I > > can > > see > >> > > the > > print > > but > > it > > is > > straining > > so > > I > > prefer > > to > > listen. > >> > >> > > Here > > are > > my > > thoughts: > > I > > scan > > in > > one > > file > > type > > that > > keeps > > the > > format, > > kes, > >> > > and > > submit > > it > > in > > one > > that > > deletes > > the > > format. > > This > > type, > > rtf > > is > > more > >> > > universal. > > RTF > > automatically > > deletes > > the > > formats. > > It > > is > > more > > fluid > >> > > listening > > to > > it > > without > > the > > format. > > However, > > I > > can > > understand > > as > > someone > >> > > who > > reads > > print > > why > > keeping > > the > > format > > in > > tact > > for > > the > > recent > > members > >> > > would > > be > > beneficial, > > the > > only > > format > > that > > keeps > > the > > print > > in > > tact > > is > > KES > >> > > and > > that > > is > > not > > a > > universal > > file. > > I > > hope > > I > > have > > answered > > your > > question > > If > >> > > you > > have > > further > > questions > > or > > would > > like > > to > > further > > discuss > > this > > topic > >> > > please > > email > > me > > off > > list. > >> > >> > > Anastasia > >> > >> > >> > > Looking > > for > > last > > minute > > shopping > > deals? 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