[bksvol-discuss] Re: Pavi on Footnotes (was Re: footnotes)
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 22:42:12 -0500
Do you mean to enter the full footnote text in the brackets, or just the words
[footnote text:] amnd then what is on the page with attributions on a new line
and that below it?
Valerie
On May 12, 2010, at 9:38 PM, Judy s. wrote:
> If it's any help, Mayrie suggested the following when I asked her for help on
> this so that footnotes would translate correctly for braille when I first
> started proofreading. It's now incorporated into the volunteer manual on
> proofreading. Hopefully this addresses what you are asking in regards to the
> braille translator, but if not I hope one of the blind proofreaders who is
> experienced in doing this will chime in. Smile.
>
> Footnotes:
> As you find footnotes, one way to make sure they are separated from the
> regular text of the book is to superscript them, and put a space before them.
> If the footnotes are at the bottom of a page, add a blank line above the
> footnotes and enclose them in square brackets as follows: [Footnote text:]
>
> Judy s.
> susan lumpkin wrote:
>> Judy,
>> Thanks for your instructions. Hopefully a braille proofreader will respond
>> as to how these should be formatted for the braille translator. On Wed, 12
>> May 2010 20:58:17 -0500, Judy s. wrote:
>>> Here's what Pavi posted on how to handle footnotes, as of 4/23/2009:
>>>
>>> "Standardized Guidelines for Footnotes, Superscript and Sidebars:
>>>
>>> Bookshare appreciates the insertion of punctuation (brackets or
>>> parentheses) around footnotes but does not require it. Footnotes may be
>>> retained as they appear in the scanned copy.
>>>
>>> Bookshare advocates the retention of superscripts where possible, but in
>>> cases where your scanner pushes them onto the line above or omits them
>>> entirely, please drop superscripts into the text line. This can be done
>>> through a global drop. For more instructions (will include a link to
>>> detailed global drop directions [in the volunteer manual, eventually])"
>>>
>>> Judy s.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Valerie Maples wrote:
>>>> I am going to be repairing a baseball book already in the collection,
>>>> currently rated as good. It has a lot of footnotes and looks like that
>>>> was one of the reasons it is rated lower.
>>>> I have never done footnotes; can anyone give me a quick primer?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks!
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