It really is a shame that it cannot be justified properly or lines added; it truly destroys much of the presentation of poetry. However, I am at least glad we can have it up there to "complain" about. Smiles. Valerie On Mar 1, 2010, at 7:59 AM, Shelley L. Rhodes wrote: > Hi Valerie, put the stars in between the stanzas, smile. > > It is a shame that Bookshare can't format poetry correctly though. > > Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 11:25 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: children's poetry/BSO? > >> Even a single star between stanzas? How do you suggest preserving the brea >> if you do not like a single star? I believe that is how Lissi and Evan have >> been formatting poetry. >> >> Valerie >> >> On Feb 28, 2010, at 7:46 PM, Shelley L. Rhodes wrote: >> >>> Smile for me the stars would be really annoying, smile. >>> >>> Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Sent: Sunday, February 28, 2010 6:04 PM >>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] children's poetry/BSO? >>> >>>> I sent this to Carrie, but I also thought I would send it to the list. >>>> >>>> Before I go to give away some of my children's poetry books like Dr. >>>> Seuss, I went to look at some, especially early additions. I notice few >>>> to none are formatted as poetry (for visual readers) with lines preserved >>>> to show how they are composed. I realize both styles help one group or >>>> the other, but unless we can preserve both paragraph and poetry format of >>>> poetry, it seems to me it should be presented as poetry in lines and >>>> stanzas. >>>> >>>> Would this be a good use of BSO or not? I know Nichole prefers reading >>>> poetry as lines, not paragraphs as do I, but am wondering what others >>>> think. How annoying would the asterisk (star) be between stanzas for >>>> those who listen instead of reading Braille or text? >>>> >>>> Thanks as always for your feedback! >>>> Valerie To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.