[bksvol-discuss] Re: symbls vs words
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 09:27:54 -0700
Hi, Cindy, when I'm reading a book in Braille and I come across three
asterisks, I know it must be a scene change. If there's a picture caption, I
think I'd like to see "Picture caption:" wherein somebody writes a
description, and "end caption" which tells me that the picture has been
described. If you want to put the whole thing within brackets, why not? If
you prefer just to write [Caption: (written description. "End caption], I
should think people would understand. You could (if you'd rather not bother
with words) make a note at the beginning of the text that brackets are used
to convey information, say whether there is a picture being described or
there being no text on a page. Regards, Kim Friedman.
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] symbls vs words
A 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 proof.
Cindy
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