Hi Debbie,Are you submitting or validating books? It only applies if you want the copy of the book that ends up in the Bookshare collection to read correctly in braille and you are the validator. If you are the submitter, you could leave this issue for the validator of your submissions to deal with, if you don't want to deal with it yourself.
Peace, Mayrie At 02:16 PM 5/8/2008, you wrote:
Thanks all for your responses. I am sighted so I'm thinking this doesn't apply?? Debbie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paula and James Muysenberg Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 4:10 PM To: Bkvol Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: m-dashes At the risk of prolonging the agony: I've discovered in the past few months that some speech synthesizers also handle M-dashes poorly. Some synths, when they encounter two words connected by an M-dash, will drop the first letter off the second word, making it hard to tell what the word is supposed to be. The problem goes away, when you replace M-dashes with double hyphens. Paula ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 3:54 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: m-dashes > Hi all, > > Let me just answer this one, as I dragged the monster from under the > bed. Debbie, we're talking about M-dashes those funny dashes that are > longer than normal dashes. We're not talking about single hyphens. If > you're using a screen reader, it will tell you when you get an m-dash. > These symbols do not do well when the book is converted to braille, and > so it is best to replace them with two hyphens. > > I sure hope this doesn't spawn another three day marathon of messages! > <chagrinned> > > Ann P. > > -- > Ann K. Parsons > Portal Tutoring > EMAIL: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://www.portaltutoring.info > Skype: Putertutor > > "All that is gold does not glitter, > Not all those who wander are lost." > > Email services provided by the System Access Mobile Network. Visit > www.serotek.com to learn more about accessibility anywhere. > 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. > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 3086 (20080508) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > 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. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.
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