At the risk of being redundant, I want to say, Roger is saying just what I
would like to express, as the chapter titles in the Bookshare collection.
When I read, I very much need, or at least value highly the chapter headings to
have the words chapter and the chapter number.
I do not care much personally, if it is capitalized, bold, or what. But When I
am reading, I want to hear chapter thirteen, twenty-four, or whatever. It is
just so simple and so important.
If only the number is there, or if it only the chapter title like just text,
say, and no mention of the word chapter and the number, I may well not even
know I just entered into the realm of a new chapter. I might just think it is a
sub-heading, you know?
As a volunteer who mostly scans and submits material, I generally will insert
the word chapter , and I will also spell out the number, as was stated. When I
was first starting out I did not do that. But soon enough it came to my
attention how valuable it is, and I made it a part of my routine.
The books in our collection that lack the headings marked this way, they are
just not as easy to know you are in a new chapter.
I think Roger made a good point, that a sighted person can easily discern this
by the formatting and so on. Not so, for the listener, or any other format,
when reading non-visually.
For that matter, while we are on this topic of chapter titles, I would also
love it if the PQ books that came in could be configured with this as part of
the routines as well.
I can’t think that the publishers would object if they were to be made aware of
the advantages cited.
Thanks.
Rik James
