Now that's cute. Thanks Lori. Enlightened Bob"We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make,"
Senator Edward M. Kennedy----- Original Message ----- From: "Lori Castner" <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 8:46 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: formatting question
Acrostic -- A poem or series of lines in which certain letters, usually the first in eachline, form a name, motto, or message when read in sequence. Example But we can only hope that list messages will often enable members to increase their knowledge. The acrostic though not my best work is book. Lori C.----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 6:35 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: formatting questionWhat is an acrostic? dumb bob"We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us will live on in the future we make,"Senator Edward M. Kennedy----- Original Message ----- From: "Lori Castner" <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 12, 2009 7:56 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: formatting questionI 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 questionHi, 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'mreading a book using a Braille display, I wouldn't have a whole page infront 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 couldunderstand what you were doing if I had a hardcover book or pamphlet infront 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 luckand best regards, Kim. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie MaplesSent: 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 sothat 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 appropriatelyto submit to the collection. Thanks! Valerie To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signaturedatabase 4415 (20090910) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com__________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signaturedatabase 4418 (20090912) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.
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