[bksvol-discuss] Re: levels of navigation .... in new books in Bookshare
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2014 17:46:54 -0700
So: if a quality report were made for a book sayng it needs navigation
what would happen to it? Would I get a chance to proof it?
CIndy
On Wed, Sep 3, 2014 at 3:59 AM, Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> DAISY navigation depends on the headings within the document. That's why
> we are asked to change the size of chapter headings and section headings.
> The size of the type determines the level of DAISY navigation. When you
> put a section in 18 points, it tells the converter that this is a level 1
> navigation point. If chapters are in 16 points in the same book, that
> tells the converter that this is level 2 in the DAISY scheme. On the other
> hand, if there are only chapters in the book at 16 points, that becomes
> level 1. See, there's method in Bookshare's madness and why the rules for
> the way books are "marked up" are so strict. Unfortunately, publishers are
> not held to the same rigid standards as are volunteer scanners/proofers. I
> dunnow if that's good or bad.
>
> Ann P.
>
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