[bksvol-discuss] Re: book quality feedback
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2004 19:24:53 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks for the explanation, Sarah. Again I show my
lack of understanding of the different problems
created by the various methods you all have to use to
read. I apologize to all.
Cindy
--- Sarah Van Oosterwijck
<curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> In this case they did not mean not reading the
> entire book, but meant that
> they did not read with speech by hitting down arrow
> when the synthesizer
> finishes reading the current line. Some how a
> person's reflexes never get
> good enough to make this fast, and it is hard to
> anticipate the length of
> the line so you can hit down arrow without a pause.
> Besides, you still
> won't know if the line ending is window created or a
> genuine pain in the
> butt return where it doesn't belong. <g>
> It's not good for your wrists either. I feel sorry
> for sighted people who
> must force the scrolling of the screen while
> reading, but then again, I
> don't use the automatic scrolling of the display on
> my braille note when i
> read, because I don't read at a completely
> consistent speed.
>
> Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> curious entity at earthlink dot net
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 1:57 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: book quality feedback
>
>
> > --Somebody recently mentioned not validating by
> > reading line-by-line because it takes so much
> time.
> > This is true, i.e., it does take a lot of time,
> and
> > I'm not saying everyone should do it -- people
> should
> > do whatever they feel comfortable doing -- but if
> I
> > weren't reading this book line by line I wouldn't
> know
> > that many sentences were bifurcated, with the
> other
> > half being somewhere further down the paragraph,
> nor
> > would I know that more than have the time what
> should
> > be "he" is written as "be." This was the problem
> with
> > the 5 books-in-one-volume The Dark Is Rising, and
> why
> > paying members, when they down-loaded, couldn't
> read
> > it.
> >
> > Again, I'm not criticizing anyone or suggesting
> that
> > anyone do anything differently -- different people
> > have different amounts of time to spend. I'm just
> > citing an advantage of reading the book while
> > validating it.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
> >
> >
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