[bksvol-discuss] Re: italics
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 23:08:00 -0700 (PDT)
To a sighted reader it does indicate emphasis or, in the case of personal
letters written, or notes written from one person to another,it makes it more
realistic, if one can say that--and sometimes, as in Penduli, which I just
finished validating, it indicates a person's thoughts vis-a-vis what he/she is
saying.
I can't think offhand of all the used to which italics are used--I think those
are the main ones. Sometimes newspaper articles within a story are given in
italics, but I don't think that's essential; it would probably be just as clear
to a sighted reader if it were indented and in quotation marks.
I assume when I validate that Jaws or Daisy or whatever is audio--I still don't
have the various technologies straight in my mind, though it was explained
once--emphasizes the italics in speech, or somehow reads it differently, though
you just said that JAWS didn't, so I must be confused. And I thought someone
posted that braille differentiates italics, but that wasn't your question.
smile
G.Cindy
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--- On Sat, 7/5/08, Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: italics
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 10:29 PM
> Thank you but that's not the problem or the question. I
> have sighted help
> and have copied the sentence. My question is, this is going
> to make a real
> change in the print copy so the sighted reader (dyslexic
> etc.) will miss the
> way it looks in the book entirely. This is why I am asking
> how others are
> dealing with this issue. But thanks again for your offer.
> You know I won't
> hesitate to ask you for help when I need it; you are always
> so generous.
> Jill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy"
> <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, July 05, 2008 8:29 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: italics
>
>
> >
> > What is the book, Jill? If I can get it, I can send
> you the sentence
> > italicized.
> >
> > G.Cindy
> >
> >
> > --- On Sat, 7/5/08, Jill O'Connell
> <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Jill O'Connell
> <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] italics
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 3:55 PM
> >> I have been following the discussion on the list
> about
> >> making italics but
> >> have done nothing about it so far; this is partly
> because
> >> Kurzweil does such
> >> a good job reading them and although it would be
> nice, I
> >> didn't think it was
> >> all that important making the italics available in
> braille
> >> since they
> >> wouldn't be shown in the speech version
> either. Now,
> >> however, I am
> >> confronted with an example that Kurzweil can't
> read and
> >> it's fairly long. I
> >> can retype it but, of course, the effect will be
> lost for
> >> the sighted
> >> reader. I would really welcome being told what
> others are
> >> doing in similar
> >> situations. I think it is virtually impossible to
> >> accommodate the three
> >> readinggroups who use Bookshare. I wonder how the
> staff
> >> doing scanning
> >> would handle this situation. Any comments would be
> welcome.
> >> Jill
> >>
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