[bksvol-discuss] Re: oh dear, I am more confused

  • From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2008 23:06:36 -0400

Ah, Divora, welcome to the pleasures or pain of an automated system, smile.

Enjoy Orlando, though Boston we had 60 ºF today, and believe me that was 
nice!

Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI
and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com

More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my 
limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
- Helen Keller

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Devorah Greenstein" <DGreenstein@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 9:31 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] oh dear, I am more confused


So, let me see if I understand. Prefaces and introductions are not core
content. Tabs disappear. What happens if I type "space, space, space,
space, space" instead of hitting tab. Does that make any difference to a
screen reader? To a Braille file?

Also, I thought that a hard return was how I separate paragraphs, unless
the scanned book comes to me with an extra blank line between
paragraphs, which I leave alone.



I think what would help me, as a sighted volunteer, would be to type a
sort of sampler of different techniques, not copyrighted material, but a
text with tabs, spaces, extra lines, no extra lines, etc etc., submit
the sampler for approval, and then get it back from Bookshare to see
what it looks like, what is lost (unlike G. Cindy, I do want to know
what is left and what is removed) and what is retained.



Would that be possible? I find myself more confused today. I thought I
had things sort of figured out.



Thanks,

Devorah (in Orlando for a week, having escaped yesterday's eight inches
of snow in Minneapolis)




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