I've seen some very strange things done by a few of the OCR programs if scanner brightness isn't set correctly. Pratik -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 6:29 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: another formatting question Spread out, yes, but so closely bunched together? That's poor publishing (at one point inmy life I was a proofreader, smile). Who is the publisher? Cindy --- Katie Star <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > HI Cindy and all:) > > Maybe the wild island was fully justified before it > went to print. That > could have caused words to be spread out and bunched > together on some lines. > > > > Katie Hill > Miracles happen not in opposition to Nature, but in > opposition to > > what we know of Nature. > > -St. Augustine > > Saturday June 3 9:20 am > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Lisa Belville > Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 2:47 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: another formatting > question > > Hi, Cindy. > > I read my books with speech, and I have never > noticed any difference > depending on how lines are justified. However, the > gaps between words might > > be a pain for Braille users, so maybe left > justifying is the way to go. > > The reason the fully justified lines have large > spaces between words is > because the word processor is trying to line both > the right and left margins > > up perfectly straight, and so it moves words around > to make this happen. I > can remember seeing what this looks like when I read > print and it could look > > kind of funky. <smiles> > > Lisa > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, June 03, 2006 2:42 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] another formatting > question > > > > I'm asking this belatedly, having been validating > > books for several years (I've forgotten how many, > and > > my profile doesn't say when I started), but as I > > looked at a line in the file i'm validating now--- > > > > In some book files the alignment of the text is > > justified, and in others it's flush left. I > usually > > leave it as it is, and when I submit a book I make > it > > flush left. Looking at the justified lines, I > realized > > suddenly that there are sometimes large spaces > between > > words--this never happens when the text is flush > left. > > Does it make a difference to you braille and > audio > > readers? Would flush left be better? I don't > remember > > that the instructions ever said. > > > > Cindy > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > > http://mail.yahoo.com > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > subject line. To get a list > > of available commands, put the word 'help' by > itself in the subject line. > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in > the subject line. > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.