[bksvol-discuss] Re: italicized words.
- From: james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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- Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 07:10:26 -0500
Hi,
Braille uses dots 4-6 to emphasize words. They call it italics, but I've
seen it used for bold too.
Jim
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james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810
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Oh, it's too bad that neither Braille nor Daisy
emphasizes italics. I figured Braille probably
wouldn't, but I thought a reader--I assumed,perhaps
erroneously, that Daisy is auditory--would.
Usually an emphasis is "in" a sentence even if the
word isn't italicized. When I'm reading and I hear,
mentally, the emphasis I check the print book to
see--sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't. In this
particular book there are more than usual because of
the personality of the person "speaking." Ah,
well...I'll put them in for nonblind members. And as
Evan says, maybe eventually other boookshare
technology will be able to translate them. Something
for young engineers like Jake to work on. smile
G.Cindy
--- Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> No, they don't put the emphasis in (Daisy doesn't)
> if you are reading
> it with speech, or at least the Victor Stream
> doesn't. That's a
> problem, too, because I'm not sure that I would
> mostly catch
> italicized words when validating.
>
> Cindy Lou Ray
>
> Cindy Lou Ray. Each day is a new adventure.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 1:25 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Funny Scanno
>
>
> That is the fault of the validator. But that also
> should be redone--Did you mention the title? Maybe,
> as
> I think you said, that was done a long time ago,
> before everyone becamse more careful.
>
> I just validated a near-perfect scan. Only one word
> was incorrect--denning instead of defined. And in
> that
> particular case, unlike the rabies and emeralds, it
> would have been impossible from the context to tell
> what the word should have been. Other than that one
> word, there were a few extraneous letters at the
> very
> end of pages--not more than 5 or 6--but they would
> be
> annoying to a reader, I think. But the book would
> rate
> an Excellent, very few errors, even if I hadn't read
> and validated it. I just made an Excellent book even
> more Excellent.
>
> Now I've started a book that, so far, has tons of
> italicized words. They didn't scan as italicized,
> but
> they are necessary to get the flavor of the
> personality of the narrator and story. I assume that
> Daisy and perhaps also Braille read italicized words
> with the emphasis the author wants.
>
> G.Cindy
> --- Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Actually, I'm not validating it. I am reading it
> and
> > it has been
> > validated. But my comments were not about this one
> > alone. Some of them
> > were a little general. Such as my comments about
> the
> > infamous
> > stripper--you know the one--<Giggle>--this is the
> > second book I've
> > read that has headings on each page. I could see
> > good reason after
> > reading these to get rid of these and to take out
> > end-of-line hyphens.
> > But I am also concerned about the garbage I have
> > seen in this
> > particular and some other books. I think part of
> > what I was saying was
> > the value of reading the books even though it
> might
> > sometimes be a
> > pain. Sure not trying to get people to. And also
> > there is value in
> > reading them when scanning and doing what you can
> to
> > get out the
> > rabies so that you don't have to rub your body
> with
> > expensive
> > emeralds. Who can afford it. I'm taking an
> > ordination exam, so you
> > have to excuse me. I feel a little reflective and
> a
> > lot silly.
> >
> >
> > Cindy Lou Ray. Each day is a new adventure.
> >
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