Paragraph indentations have no impact on braille readers of Bookshare books. All paragraphs in the brf files are indented two spaces, regardless of what they might have been in the print edition. This is the convention for braille.
Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 4:50 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question about paragraph formatting
Hi Guido, and thanks for your thoughts on this.Many of these books don't have paragraph indentations. So leaving them alone actually leaves out the visual cues a sighted reader uses. On the other hand, adding in the indentations is a pain in the butt because it messes up paragraph formatting over page breaks that then has to be corrected by hand.So, the crux of my question remains: Is there any agreed-upon standard paragraph format regarding indentation for bookshare? smile.I have full vision and personally prefer indentations, but I'm one of only a handful of sighted bookshare members. I have no idea what impact, if any, paragraph indentations have on braille readers or printed braile.Judy s. cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Guido Corona wrote:I suggest you leave paragraph indentations alone. They are visual queues that can be useful to some low vision / dyslexic reader.G. Guido Dante Corona IBM Research, Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC) Austin Tx. Phone: 512. 838. 9735. Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx Web: http://www.ibm.com/able". . . Maybe it was only those who were most certain they were right who were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just maybe, those who questioned the most were in the end those who came closest to being wise."[David Poyer, The Command] *"Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>* Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 01/17/2008 10:47 PM Please respond to bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx cc Subject [bksvol-discuss] Question about paragraph formattingI'm using Word to validate rtf files that I'm downloading from step 1. Some scans I've downloaded come through with paragraphs all the way through the book that have zero indentation. Other scans have each paragraph indented anywherefrom .2 to .5 inches.Is there any preferred way, or required way, that paragraphs should be formatted in regards to indentation when it comes to cleaning up a scan during validation?Judy s. cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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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