[bksvol-discuss] Re: Three Asterisks: An explanation from the staff
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2012 11:40:49 -0700
Jennifer, Don't feel intimidated. Thing like formatting are things proofers
can take care of and are only things that make it easier for members to
read. Just scan away, pre-proof looking for scanning erros or strange
symbols that don't belong and for paragraph symbols at ends of lines that
don't belong because there isn't a ew paragraph coming but the line should
continue --and let the proofer correct anything else that needs to be
fixed. If was a proofer who rejected your book he/she could have put in
the page breaks.
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 11:53 PM, Jennifer Piening <pienings@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> **
> I am a new volunteer, and all I have to say is wow! This whole
> asterisk issue sounds really overwhelming! I'm going to begin with
> scanning books, and I'm wondering if we make some mistakes along the way,
> will we get penalized or will we be given a chance to get better as we go?
> Is it OK if we don't get all of these rules incorporated into the scans and
> the proofreaders might have to correct some of our mistakes? Before we
> officially had to volunteer, I submitted some scans, and I think one of
> them got rejected, and now I know why. It was because of page breaks.
> With all of these rules, though, I'm feeling a bit intimidated by it all.
> Jenny
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 04, 2012 11:49 PM
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Three Asterisks: An explanation from the
> staff
>
> page break, page number then if there are blank lines before chapter
> title, *** in the space then chapter title, and thenif there are blank
> lines before the txt, ***
>
> THQT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
>
> On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Martha Rafter <mlhr@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi Madeleine,
>> Thanks for this, but I think I’m either confused or really, really
>> dense! [image: Smile] Don’t we need to put in a blank line between the
>> page break and the chapter heading any more? Then it would be:
>>
>> Page break
>> blank line
>> Chapter heading
>> * * *
>> text of page
>>
>> Again, thanks you!
>> Marty
>>
>> *From:* Madeleine Linares <Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 04, 2012 5:43 PM
>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> *Cc:* mailto:cynthr@xxxxxxxxxxx <cynthr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Three Asterisks: An explanation from the
>> staff
>>
>>
>> Hello everyone,****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> My sincere apologies for my delayed response re. asterisks but here is
>> what’s going on:****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> In Braille, neither bolding nor font size changes show up, which means
>> that it is really difficult to tell when there is a new chapter or section.
>> Therefore, three asterisks are added after each chapter title or chapter
>> name to make it clear where the chapter title or name ends and where the
>> text begins. For example:****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> -----page break---****
>>
>> Chapter Three****
>>
>> *******
>>
>> [text]****
>>
>> ----page break-----****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> It could also look like this:****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> -----page break-----****
>>
>> [text from ch. 4]****
>>
>> *******
>>
>> Chapter Five: Kristy Kills****
>>
>> *******
>>
>> [text for ch. 5]****
>>
>> --------page break---------****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> This is especially important if there is a chapter name. For example,
>> Chapter Three: The Woman in Red (or whatever). Without the star, Braille
>> readers would have no way of knowing whether or not “The Woman in Red” was
>> the first line of text or a chapter title.****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> Three asterisks are NOT needed at the beginning of a page before a new
>> chapter (if the new chapter starts at the very top of a page) but ARE
>> needed if the chapter starts in the middle of the page. Three asterisks are
>> also used to show other breaks in the text, whether it’s a change in
>> narration and the sighted reader sees a font change or all italics, if
>> there is a symbol in the page to indicate a time change or something, and
>> when there is a new section of the book (such as Part One or Book One of
>> several).****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> Many volunteers already do this, which is wonderful. Since we want
>> Bookshare books to be as accessible to everyone as possible, we strongly
>> encourage adding in three asterisks after the chapter number or name. I
>> know there has been a lot of confusion about this. From my understanding it
>> is not a new idea, but it has never been enforced, which is likely why some
>> people do it and others don’t and have never been aware that they should.
>> We want to encourage it going forward.****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> Please contact me directly with any questions or concerns. ****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> Thank you all so much for your hard work and dedication!****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> Best,****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> Madeleine Linares****
>>
>> Volunteer Coordinator****
>>
>> Bookshare, a Benetech Initiative****
>>
>> 650-644-3459****
>>
>> madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> Join us in celebrating our 10th
>> Anniversary!<http://blog.bookshare.org/2012/03/11/join-bookshares-worldwide-10th-anniversary-celebration/>
>> ****
>>
>> ****
>>
>> [image: Description: Title: Bookshare logo: Bringing Reading to Life for
>> 10 Years]****
>>
>> ****
>>
>
>
Other related posts:
