Could you pl let me know the mailing list for the blind journalists?
Subramani
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[mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Jean Parker
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To: mrmukeshsha...@gmail.com; accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] Seeking techniques for proof reading text
All:
The US-based National Federation of the Blind has an email list for
their
writers division. I know that a number of people in that division work
as
copy editors. They might have additional info about how they do
detailed
proofreading.
There is also a list for blind journalists on which this question could
be
posed.
Jean
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From: "Mukesh Sharma" <mrmukeshsha...@gmail.com>
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Shamanna'" <gee...@millernorbert.de>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 7:30 PM
Subject: Re: [AI] Seeking techniques for proof reading text
Very much possible,
Check options Menu > Voices Submenu > Voice Adjustments ... > Upper
Case
Pitch Change Percent.
I prefer the sound option, makes work interesting.
Mukesh
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[mailto:accessindia-boun...@accessindia.org.in] On Behalf Of Manish
Agrawal
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 6:53 PM
To: 'Geetha Shamanna'; accessindia@accessindia.org.in
Subject: Re: [AI] Seeking techniques for proof reading text
doesn't using pitch to distinguish caps help you?
Back in the day when I used to do a lot of proof reading as an editor
for
technical documents, I had set up pitch for caps during continuous
reading
and "say cap" during word by word and character navigation. I don't
necessarily remember how I set it up or if this can be done with the
latest
versions.
Also, the pitch is slightly more distinct with eloquence than with
espeak
where everything sounds the same to me.
-Manish
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Shamanna
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Subject: Re: [AI] Seeking techniques for proof reading text
Thank you, will try that out. That should make spotting misplaced
capital
letters a lot easier.
Geetha
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To: "'Geetha Shamanna'" <gee...@millernorbert.de>;
<accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 9:06 AM
Subject: Re: [AI] Seeking techniques for proof reading text
Hello,
For cap announcement, you can set to play sound, which will be less
irritating.
To do that, Go to JAWS > Utility Menu > configuration manager > Set
Options
Menu > Speech and Sound Manager > Edit Current Scheme > Misc Tab Page,
there
in the list select cap and then tab to the set of radio choices and
select
"Play Sound". The next button will allow you to select WAVE file to be
played.
I suggest to create a new sound scheme to be used for proof reading,
you
can
customize many options by using this method.
Thanks
Mukesh
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Shamanna
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2010 12:00 AM
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Subject: Re: [AI] Seeking techniques for proof reading text
Hi Pranav and all,
As a translator, I am expected to proofread translated documents all
the
time. While the spellcheck feature of Word tracks down most of the
spelling
errors and spacing inconsistencies, the biggest difficulty I encounter
when
proofreading with the help of a screen reader relates to tracking down
inappropriate/inadvertent capitalisation. Turning on Jaws'
capitalisation
announcement feature can solve the problem, but this can be grating on
the
ears. I am yet to find a speech-based solution to this problem.
Geetha
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From: "Pranav Lal" <pranav....@gmail.com>
To: <accessindia@accessindia.org.in>
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 5:30 PM
Subject: [AI] Seeking techniques for proof reading text
Hi all,
What techniques do you use to proof read text? Do you use audio or
Braille?
I am in a situation where I need to produce perfect text. I cannot
afford
even a single error. I use a screen reader namely Jaws for Windows. I
do
most of my writing in Microsoft Word so use the spelling and grammar
checker
that comes with Microsoft Office. I also review my documents using
speech
but I am liable to miss things especially if two words sound alike.
Pranav
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