[bksvol-discuss] Re: Don't worry! and 2 questions
- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 16 Aug 2008 17:05:48 -0400
Hi, Evan, Paula, and Lissi. I make a note that the page is blank for
two reasons. First, I number that page so the Bookshare stripper won't
ignore the page, messing up the page numbering as a result. When the
current Bookshare stripper sees a page with nothing on it, it skips
that page. If all the tool sees on that page is a number, it may or
may not detect it as a page. The tool looks for text on the blank
page, so I tell it that the page is blank. So the stripper sees the
page and keeps the page numbering intact. I'm especially likely to
make time to do this if I'm working on a book that students might use.
My second reason for noting that a page is blank is more subjective. I
try to let the reader know if a page contains a photograph, drawing,
or chart, even if I can't describe them. I want the reader to know
when a page is blank due to having no content rather than being blank
because I had to delete garbled junk that's actually a picture of
something. Again, I'm more likely to do this in a textbook or a book
comminly read by students. It's my way of trying to give the student
as much feedback about the print book as possible, given that I can't
see to describe things.
It used to bug me when I had books from RFB, and the book would skip
from page 120 to 122 with no explanation. I'd ask myself questions
like, "What happened to page 121? Did they forget to read it? Was it a
picture? Did I just miss something important?" I'd have to find a
sighted student and ask them about it. I'm trying to prevent Bookshare
readers from having to do that when I can.
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Monica Willyard
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