I think bookshare's translation program translates some of the symbols like a bar into the actual word. Very strange, but I've seen that too. Pam >I am reading a Bookshare book at the present time (not validating) and I >frequently encounter the word "bar." This never fits into the context so I >assume it is probably a word resulting from the scan. Has anyone else seen >this and do you have any idea what causes it? Jill