My screen reader pronounces the asterisk as star. I can't say that either single word is easier to quickly process. I think three stars would be.
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To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2010 3:55 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] symbls vs wordsA short while ago a member posted that when she read by listening (is that Daisy?) with punctuation off the bracket at the end of a description and asterisks that indicate several line spaces between sections went by so quickly that it was hard to process them mentally. I responded with a post that asked if it would be preferable for me to write the words, i.e., asterisk(instead of using the symbols) and end of description ( instead of a final bracket at the end of a description; no one responded yea or nay. Today a member told me that when she's listening the words asterisk(s) are somewhat disrupting. I have in the past beenusing only one or 2 asterisks; I understand many people use 3; maybe then they wouldn't fly past so fast. In the book I'm proofing now I'm using the words, and I won't go aack to change what I've done,but I can continue using the symbols or continue using words, and I'd like to know what's preferable for the next books I
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