[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question to all Bookshare braille readers
- From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2005 23:15:47 -0600
Hi, Charlie! You know, for some reason, I was thinking about this type of
situation earlier this week. We've been talking about page numbers in the
not-too-distant past, and I wonder if it might be helpful for Braille
readers to have the textbook format, which retains both print and Braille
numbers. Personally, I use Bookshare mainly for pleasure reading... or
maybe to read a book about a particular subject that I need for personal
study. In that case, page numbers aren't that important, since I probably
won't have reading assignments any time soon. <Smile> However, since we
have quite a few teachers and students on the list, I would think the
textbook format would be extremely helpful. I have a friend who is a
teacher and a member of Bookshare. A few days ago, she told me that she
sometimes has to have her assistant to tell her where the page breaks will
be, so that she can either read books along with her class or assign certain
pages for them to read. While some of us may find the textbook format to be
more tedious, I wonder if it might be the better choice. So there ya go, a
penny for my thoughts! <Smile>
Jana
----- Original Message -----
From: Charles Wadman
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 9:04 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question to all Bookshare braille readers
I'm about to validate a non-fiction book that's in .brf format. It
appears to be a faithful rendering of the original text in that it has page
numbers at the bottom of the pages and book-title and section headers at
the top of each page.
I realize that Bookshare braille readers are probably using refreshable
mechanical braille displays rather than the traditional embossed paper. And
I'm wondering how this might affect the preferred formatting of braille
books.
Should I reformat this into a standard "textbook" format, Literary format,
or something else? Textbook format retains print page numbers (at the top
right of each braille page and by a page change indicator elsewhere on the
page) and braille page numbers (at the bottom right).
Literary just has braille page numbers (on the top right of each page) and
no print page numbers.
Which format would be more useful to you? Or is there another format that
you would rather see? How about running heads? Are these useful to you?
Thanks for whatever advice you may have to offer.
Charlie
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