[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question on Scan quality for blind vs other types of disabled bookshare readers
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2008 14:59:35 -0800 (PST)
Hi Evan,
One option is for blind validators to set the font of the entire book to 11 (or
thereabouts). I don't particularly like this option because it's harder for
sighted people to see chapter and section titles when they are the same size as
the regular text, but it is an option.
Just an FYI, Carrie
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From: EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 4, 2008 1:47:46 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question on Scan quality for blind vs other types
of disabled bookshare readers
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
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February
04,
2008
8:55
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Subject:
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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
>
>
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Question
on
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Scan
quality
for
blind
vs
other
>
types
of
disabled
bookshare
readers
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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
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