I find them very annoying when listening to books, especially when they are in the middle of the sentence. I didn't find them annoying when reading actual braille books, though. I don't have the privilege of a braille display, so can't say how inconvenient they would be in that situation.
Melissa Bob wrote:
You are right Cindy, listening to a book read by synthetic speech, or reading it in Braille, one does not have the privilege of skipping a running header. But, personally, I don't see anything wrong with leaving them in. They are short and vaguely annoying but in the case of story or chapter titles, can be very helpful in tracking one's progress as Roger pointed out in an earlier message. This is especially helpful when sleep overtakes the reader and his/her book goes on merrily reading away while the reader blissfully dreams dreams.. They are a pain to remove as they usually reside on the same line as the honorable page number. And can take up a lot of time removing them. In short, I for one would be in favor of just leaving the blooming things alone. I'd like to hear others views on this: running headers, good or bad. Thanks.Bob"A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain."----- Original Message ----- *From:* Cindy <mailto:popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:13 AM *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question, was: submitted The Little Bookheaders Valerie, we are supposed to delete them, but be careful to leave the page number. As a sighted person, do you pay attention to them? I never do. smile. Maybe if I were reading a book of short stories I'd use them to find a particular story, but otherwise I just ignore them, I think those members who listen to books don't have that opportunity if the headers are present. I don't know how they affect Braille readers. Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On *Tue, 8/18/09, Valerie Maples /<vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* wrote: From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question, was: submitted The Little Book To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009, 3:13 PM Dear Bud; I just noticed that you also are a ham radio operator. I am also in my call sign is: N0HSJ <br>I have a question probably as much for the list as for you, and that was talking about all headers have been deleted. Do you mean at the top of the page were sometimes it has the title and/or the name of the chapter? I have not been deleting these, as I think they provide visual cues for sighted readers, but if I should be deleting them, I will start with my next book. Or, is it okay to do it whichever way and just make a note in the submissions? Thanks as always for everyone's help! Valerie Please pray for Doug's Dad & visit his website: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billkoonce > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx </mc/compose?to=bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [mailto:bksvol-discuss- > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx </mc/compose?to=bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of Bud Schwab > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:27 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx </mc/compose?to=bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] submitted The Little Book > > Hi Gang, > > Just sent in The Little Book by Selden Edwards. It's a little over > 400 pages and all headers have been deleted and it has quite a low > rank spelling number. It's fiction but there is a lot of history in it > also. > Hope somebody enjoys proofing it. > > > Bud Schwab > W 6 Z Y P > Malibu, California To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx </mc/compose?to=bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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