But if it's a British book, then you'd have to change the double quotes that are quotes inside quotes to single quotes. And you'd have to do it individually, because if you did a global replace, all the real apostrophes would become double quotes. smile Cindy --- Amy Goldring Tajalli <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jill, Cindy. Lori and all: > > I know I disagree with some of my more experienced > colleagues but if it > clearly is a quotation I would change the > apostrophes to quotation marks. I > have yet to see Kurrweil confuse the two and > although I do not have the > reader include punctuation as I can see enough to > know what it is I will in > the future have him include the punctuation long > enough to know if the > punctuation is read correctly. It never occurred to > me that it might not be > so thank you for drawing my attention to the > possibility. I am currently > working on an rtf in Kurzweil but it has no > quotation marks for the > quotations so I will have to work on another book to > check but I can go back > and forth and will let everyone know if what the > ears hear is what the eyes > see - unless of course someone else comes up with > the answer first. > > Amy > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 9:14 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: apostrophes where > there should be quotes? > > > > Cindy, Kurzweil calls them apostrophe and I > wouldn't consider changing > > them nor do I believe Bookshare would want us to. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Sunday, September 02, 2007 5:40 PM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: apostrophes where > there should be quotes? > > > > > >> Is it a British book? They use single quotes > instead > >> of double quotes and vice versa, i.e., double > for a > >> quote within a quote. I don't know whether it > would > >> say apostrophe or single quote. They > >> look alike to me, and I don't know if they are > called > >> something different. > >> > >> Cindy > >> > >> --- Lori <twilight2@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> I'm validating and it appears that the quotes > have > >>> scanned as apostrophes or > >>> maybe single quotes. So, while reading using the > >>> screenreader it is saying > >>> apostrophe at the beginning and end of each > >>> quotation. Any suggestions on > >>> how to address this? > >>> > >>> L... > >>> > >>> 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. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > >> Looking for a deal? Find great prices on flights > and hotels with Yahoo! > >> FareChase. > >> http://farechase.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. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> No virus found in this incoming message. > >> Checked by AVG. > >> Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.2/984 - > Release Date: 9/2/2007 > >> 12:59 PM > >> > >> > > > > 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. > > ____________________________________________________________________________________Ready for the edge of your seat? Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.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.