[bksvol-discuss] Re: formatting question
- From: Soronel Haetir <soronel.haetir@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Sep 2009 05:25:38 -0800
How about instead, just add a line either at the top or bottom of the
page "Note -- The first letters of each line of this page form the
word "Apple"'
No need to confuse the reader more than that.
On 9/12/09, Lori Castner <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I think a possible solution is to:
> 1) place a reader note at the beginning of the text stating that many pages
> contain an acrostic then defining what an acrostic is;
> 2) on each page where an acrostic occurs, place a reader note at the top of
> the page stating the acrostic on that page.
>
> Hope that suggestion will help.
>
> Lori C.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 3:21 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: formatting question
>
>
>> Hi, Valerie, what you are describing sounds like an acrostic to me. Could
>> you write a note to the reader explaining that what is being shown is an
>> acrostic? I really don't know how you can work this out because when I'm
>> reading a book using a Braille display, I wouldn't have a whole page in
>> front of me to make it obvious that what I'm reading is an acrostic. Also,
>>
>> I
>> don't know how you would convey this in audio. This is a real poser. I
>> could
>> understand what you were doing if I had a hardcover book or pamphlet in
>> front of me and I could turn the pages. Sorry, but that's all I know. I'm
>> sure there will be others more savvy than I am who can advise you. Good
>> luck
>> and best regards, Kim.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie Maples
>> Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 7:25 AM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] formatting question
>>
>> Good morning!
>>
>> I have a question. Doug and I are working on a children's book and it
>> relies
>> on some visual cues within some pages. On a couple of the pages it has the
>> first letter of the word of each line separated by a space from the rest
>> of
>> its word so that when you look at the page vertically you see a message.
>> In
>> other words, there is an intentional space so that you get a message when
>> you look at the word from top to bottom. Obviously a blind reader would
>> lose
>> this message and I am wondering how to best handle it. My immediate
>> thought
>> is to leave it intact, but after considerable thought, I am thinking about
>> putting a bracketed message at the top of the page and simply making the
>> first letter either or both bold or larger, but eliminating the space so
>> that it reads as a word or plays as a word when using text to speech.
>>
>> Feedback will be greatly appreciated so that I can modify it appropriately
>> to submit to the collection.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Valerie
>>
>>
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