[bksvol-discuss] Re: hoping to start somewhere
- From: "Julie Morales" <inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 15:32:02 -0700
I do know that, at least with the Braille Lite, and maybe with the
BrailleNote, too, if you make changes in that way, you have to be careful
and not enter contracted braille into that file or it won't translate
properly. Take care.
Julie Morales
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Paula and James Muysenberg" <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 10:35 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hoping to start somewhere
Hi, Lissi,
It sounds like the print version of the book had some junk
characters--that is, graphics and punctuation in weird places--which the
submitter did not notice. It's not unusual, for example, for the letter I to
scan in as a print exclamation mark, which could then translate as the
braille contraction for "to".
The best way to fix the book would be to start with the DAISY file and
resubmit it. Bookshare could then create a new brf file. I'm not very good
at explaining how to go about this, but I'm sure someone else on the list
can help. You have to open the DAISY file and save it as rtf, before making
corrections. The advantage, even though it's extra trouble, is that both the
print and braille copies of the book will be fixed. Your Braillenote can
read rtf files, so you could still make the corrections using braille.
I'm sorry I can't help more, but I trust some other folks will chime in
and give you some good pointers.
Best wishes,
Paula
----- Original Message -----
From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 11:32 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fw: [bookshare-discuss] hoping to start somewhere
>
> Hello Everyone, especially volunteers who use the Braille note with
> refreshable braille to read book share books in brf format.
>
> I sent this post to the book share discuss group and now realize I should
> have sent it to you, the volunteers. I'm sorry for sending it to both
lists,
> but maybe it just doubles my chances of getting the advice I need. Below
is
> the post, with a few alterations, I sent to the discuss list.
>
> - - - - -
>
> I've listened to jaws read 3 novels from Book Share and if there were
> errors, I didn't notice them. After some fizzles and good advice, I've
moved
> a brf file to my Braille Note. I'm on page 157 of Tess Gerritsen's,
> "Harvest." It was rated excellent, and I've had a wonderful time reading
> it.
>
> Now comes my question. I'm not disputing the rating and I'm not
criticizing.
> I feel so lucky to be reading this book in braille. I agree the volunteer
> did an excellent job with all of the tasks needed to prepare it for us.
>
> Occasionally I am noticing small errors. For example, the word, I, at the
> beginning of a quoted phraise, like "I am happy," always appears as dots 2
3
> and 5, which translates as the contraction for the word, "to." Other
little
> things pop up like missing spaces between words, a word spelled out which
> should be contracted or simple typos as in a word with one cell of random
> dots. In one instance the word, what, is written r h a t, the contraction
> for wh doesn't appear and xx is written between the opening quotation
mark
> and the capital sign for the first word. None of these mistakes has made
it
> difficult to understand the story, nor have they posed any problems.
> It would be so easy for me to correct these errors since I'm reading the
> book any way. Is there a way of incorporating small corrections in a book
> without starting the process from the beginning and without taking it off
> the list of available books?
>
> This proof reading comes naturally. It's so easy for me and could tidy up
> the braille for the next readers.
>
> I haven't done anything official as a volunteer yet. I'm confused by
> computers, but with patience can be taught and perform operations I've
> learned with consistant success.
>
> Just wondering if I could or should fine tune this excellent book or
others
> like it. If the answer is, yes, then I need to learn how to do it.
>
> Always With Love,
>
> Lissi
>
>
>
>
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