[bksvol-discuss] Re: let's hear it for the deaf man
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 06:52:40 -0400
Hi all,
Smart quotes replace the double quote with single quotes in certain
places, and they have different ASCII code designations that don't
translate well into Braille, so you get garbage when you use them for
translation purposes. I kept getting this capital O with an accent for
every quote and apostrophe in the book in the subj line of this
message. <smiling> When I read it in Braille, it looked really
weird, and I couldn't find the actual words in between the O's. Then,
I tried speech, and I sat here laughing my head off because the poor
synthe sounded like it was a puppy going "ow, ow, ow, ow,..." in
between words. Needless to say, it didn't add to the book at all.
We've switched to Ice by McBain, just in case people don't remember
that in light of this discussion of the faults of Let's Hear It For The
Deaf Man.
Ann P.
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Ann K. Parsons
Portal Tutoring
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