Thanks so much, everyone, for the great insight! I never thought about
forfeiting the credit if you partially proofread, and I wouldn't want
to lose that.
Jana--I haven't worked much with UEB on the Apex, either, but that
would show the formatting in RTF. Were you able to see/insert page
breaks in CBC, or how did that work? I have learned UEB through
Hadley, so that sounds like a perfect plan. If you're interested, I
would love to keep in touch since you have experience with the Apex
end of proofing. My e-mail is kmsteele6@xxxxxxxxx. I appreciate your
helpful feedback!
On 12/21/15, Jana Jackson <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, Kristen! I'm on allergy meds, and I'm having a really hard time writingTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
this email. <LOL> But I have proofread a couple of books with the
BrailleNote, and it works well. I kept the book in the RTF format and used
Computer Braille when I needed to fix a scanno. Sometimes I marked my place
so that I could do a find/replace to fix certain errors later, and sometimes
I fixed them as I read through the book. A lot of times, when you keep the
RTF format, you can tell when text is centered, and of course you can always
tell when there are multiple lines in parts of the file. Honestly, I
haven't played around with UEB yet, but if you set your Braille-reading
options to Grade 2 UeB, you'll be able to tell where text is bolded or
italicized. So far, that may be the only advantage I've noticed for UEB...
it will be great for those wishing to proofread in Braille for Bookshare!
<LOL> Sorry if this doesn't make sense... But I hope it helps to at least
know someone has actually
done this. I'm sure you'll get more responses later. <Smile> All the
best... And Merry Christmas!
Jana
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kristen Steele
Sent: Monday, December 21, 2015 4:53 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: proofing with braille
Hi, Debra--
Thanks for your response! Yes, I would love to hear from any Braille
proofreaders out there. I can usually see bold and italics if I switch
the RTF to a Braille document, but then I would have to convert it
back and hope the formatting is retained. I could always try that way.
I wonder if I could proofread books the best I can with Braille
(probably mostly grammatical and sentence-level error), then check
them back in for someone else to review the complex formatting
afterwards. Another proofreader would have less work to do after I
finish, but my books could get a second reviewer.
--
Kristen
On 12/21/15, Debra Lessin <dlessin@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I also would like to know if there are any experienced proof readers
using
braille. I just started proofing my first book using Jaws and a braille
connect braille display.I am using trial and error to learn how these
tools
wil work, or not, to identify the elements that Bookshare needs us to
check.
I am enjoying doing it but will not know how successful I have been until
my
book is checked by Bookshare staff. If you can show italics and bolding
on
your braille note I think that will help you. Jaws also announces them
with
a separate keystroke. What I have found most helpful so far is having a
Kindle copy of the book to work from so I can check for scannos and
formatting.
Hope that helps a little. Good luck.
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