[bksvol-discuss] Re: chapter headings
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2008 12:13:17 -0800
Hi guys!
I discovered that one way to know where chapter headings should go
is to look for them before removing headers. Very often, the running
headers occur on all pages except where a chapter heading should go. Also,
the chapter headings that most often scan as nothing are the chapter
headings that are numerals by themselves. So, if you've got pages without
headers and no garbage at the top, you can often assume that that is where
chapter headings should go and that those chapter headings were supposed to
be numerals, not words. Knowing this, they can be inserted by the person
fixing up the book.
The rub comes when chapter headings scan as junk, indicating that
there is an actual title containing words. In which case, sighted help is
often the only accurate solution. Just ask Jamie and Marilyn. I can't
begin to count how many books I've scanned that I needed sighted help to
insert the proper chapter headings. I could tell that they were missing,
and often where they went by lack of a header, but there was no way for me
as a totally blind person to determine what the junk that scanned was
supposed to represent.
I do agree that it is important not to leave chapter headings out of
books and that we should all do all that we can to preserve them.
Mayrie
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: chapter headings
Finding sighted help isn't always possible. I know it's not for me. I do
have a little vision so I can usually see if there's a chapter heading.
I may not be able to read it sometimes, but I can at least sometimes see
what's there. If I can't, though, sighted help is nonexistent for me.
Jill O'Connell wrote:
> In my opinion, a matter of real concern is the chapter headings that
> are lost because they are too large for the scanner to read. I would
> urge those of you without any sight who are scanning to find out from
> someone sighted what type of headings are in the book you are
> scanning. Often when chapter headings are simply numbers, they are
> lost completely which is, to say the least, disconcerting when reading
> the finished product.
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