[bksvol-discuss] Re: Ellipses
- From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 May 2010 09:08:18 -0700
Hi all,
I'm tracking the volume but haven't dug into the content of this thread yet. It
will be a couple hours before I am able to do so.
If someone would be so kind as to author - and label - a
"what-we-have-discovered-to-date" summary post on ellipses in about 1 hour it
would be a help to me.
Thanks
Scott Rains
Bookshare Volunteer Coordinator, Interim
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On Behalf Of Bob W [rwiley45@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 7:50 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ellipses
If it translates right it should look like this: … extended ansi character 8230.
However, when I read it with JAWS jaws says nothing. If this were a major
problem for me, I would make jaws say elipsis by way of the dictionary. You
could do the same thing for most braille displays. Notetakers might be a
different proposition.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Jill O'Connell<mailto:jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 9:23 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ellipses
If you know what the symbol is I would be happy to try this as I have a braille
display. I too had Kurzweil recognize this once and say elipsis instead of dot,
dot, dot.
----- Original Message -----
From: Melissa Smith<mailto:mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 4:37 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ellipses
Just wondering if the Braille conversion tool would recognize an ellipses as
such if we used the actual symbol for an ellipses instead of the 3 periods
together. I've noticed that my screen reader will sometimes say ellipses and
sometimes just say dot dot dot. I'm thinking that if the Braille conversion
tool would recognize the actual ellipses, it would be displayed correctly in
Braille and print and work for everybody. Perhaps this is something that needs
to be checked with engineering to know for sure.
Melissa Smith
On 5/27/2010 12:12 AM, Susan wrote:
Hi Jill,
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The question is, how do we format books to be the most correct for everyone? I
know this sounds opinionated, and I'm sorry, but I'm not sure this is always
possible to achieve in one book. For example, if we format correctly for
braille, (such as in the ellipses we've been discussing forever), perhaps a
dyslexic reader is not getting his or her needs (which are just as important)
met? What is the answer, I wish I knew. Thanks for letting me vint everyone!
Are you feeling any differently about working with us, Scott? Sure do hope not.
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Susan, The Questioning Proofer
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