My concern was readers who cannot spell will not know the word and
even borderline spellers may not get it with hyphens announced after
every letter. Too much cognitive load for kids/teeens. I know I find
it disorienting read that way, and I am an excellent speller (odd for
a dyslexic).
Valerie
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*From:* Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
*To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Sent:* Mon, September 3, 2012 12:36:34 PM
*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question on readability presentation
Hi Valerie,
Since the hyphens don't leave the intention of the author unclear, I'd
suggest not changing what is in the book.
Just my opinion.
Mayrie
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*From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Valerie Maples
*Sent:* Monday, September 03, 2012 1:55 AM
*To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Alisa Moore; Carrie Karnos;
Madeleine Linares
*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Question on readability presentation
I know occasionally allowances are made for slight changes to the
print to allow for better readability. I am doing a very old book
where instead of bolding words to be important/emphasized they are
instead separating each letter with a hyphen to make it more dramatic.
An example in this book was the word wonderful, which was instead
represented as: "w-o-n-d-e-r-f-u-1". It would be wonderful(no pun
intended) if we had permission to remove the hyphens and unify the
word and instead place it in bold print. Would this be an allowable
exception to improve readability/listening?
Thanks!
Valerie
