[bksvol-discuss] Re: chapter headings???
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 19:43:06 -0700 (PDT)
I agree with you, Carrie. The book I'm doing now has
punctuation symbols dividing sections within a
chapter. I'm writing, in small print, "drawing of a
comma" for example. Some reading machines, as someone
pointed out recently as well as some time ago, can't
handle fancy or two-large fonts so I decided that
would be the best way to handle the situation.
Cindy
--- Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Most of the books I've been validating lately have
> big numbers at the start of each chapter. I assume
> that for blind people, it's just a number on a blank
> line, that you can't tell that it's meant to be
> huge, right? So I've been putting in the word
> CHAPTER in front of the numbers. Yes, I know we're
> not supposed to add words but if I don't do that,
> people complain as Donna is doing, and I think she
> has a valid point. The author intends for people to
> understand that it's a new chapter, so I'm helping
> the author out by telling his/her readers that it's
> a new chapter. I think adding the word 'chapter' at
> the beginning of each chapter (if it's not already
> there) should be allowed and even encouraged but
> Gustavo and the Bookshare people may have a
> different opinion. Gustavo, what do you think?
>
> My 2 cents, Carrie
>
> Donna Goodin <goodindo@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi again, all,
>
> Well, I imagine that this has already been
> discussed, but I am really wondering what has
> happened to the chapter titles in bookshare books.
> All of the books I have downloaded in the last
> several months have been without them. Folks, I
> know this may seem like a petty detail, but
> especially for academic or professional work,
> Bookshare needs to find a way to retain them, I
> think, even if it means leaving those annoying page
> headers in. And even for fiction, I find their
> absence highly annoying, I want to see what the
> sighted reader, who buys the book at B&N is seeing,
> and if that means "chapter 1" or a chapter name,
> then I want to see it too! I'm sort of confused,
> because the chapter headings used to be there. If
> I've missed something in the last few months I
> apologize, but I'd appreciate it if anyone could
> fill me in.
> Thanks,
> Donna from MI
>
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