[bksvol-discuss] Re: formatting question
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:56:05 -0500
That is not what they mean. They mean that those first letters, when read
vertically down the page, are a message. This would be important for blind
children as well, but I do not know how to ensure that each line starts with
those separated letters in the final bookshare copy. I am sure someone else
will know, though, but it would be great of a blind child could see those as
they appear in the print book.
Sue S.
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From: "Rik James" <rixmix2009@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:09 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: formatting question
Valerie & Doug,
If I understand what you said, the letter that is separated from the rest of
a word is part of a sentence. Is that correct?
If this is the case, I would remove the spaces. And put the letter with the
rest of the word.
So that it may be read and make sense.
If it is helpful, I think it is good to use brackets and use text like
"reader's note" followed by an explanatory note, followed by by another
bracketed "end of readers' note." This way as a reader, you hear that
there is some explanatory text, and the readers are better informed and can
enjoy the book just like if they were looking at it.
I have heard this type of thing in recordings for years, in the NLS books
and on RFB & D books. So it seems to me that our Bookshare collection could
or should have these type of explanatory notes. I have used them in a scan
where I think it appropriate. But not everyone who scans will be noting all
of these details. And when that is the case, we just have to parse as best
we can the confusing sections in text of books that are scanned for our
collection.
I hope that this is helpful.
From what you said, if I got it right, an explanatory note may not really
even be necessary.
Thanks.
Rik
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From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:24 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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