[NFB-Krafters-Korner] Charts, gack

[Tracy Carcione]

Hi Ramona.
I have seen a few braille charts in NLS books, actually.  But I think it
takes a real transcriber, not a machine.
I got the Folk Hats book from Bookshare in braille, but no transcriber
looked at it, so no charts.
However, I had a long plane flight yesterday, so lots of time, and I
looked at more patterns and found several that don't have charts.  They're
not the most colorful or decorative, but they still sound interesting.
Tracy

> Tracy, are these books available in Braille or just recorded form? If the
> charts are not real complex, it should be possible to show them in
> Braille. In fact, a chart might be better than narrative for simple
> designs, especially if they could be put on paper.
> Ramona
>
> On Sep 8, 2019 7:41 AM, Tracy Carcione via NFB-Krafters-Korner
> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>
>> I grabbed some of the books on Jan's list from Bookshare.  Because I
>> love
>> hats, the first one I looked at was Folk Hats.  The first hat I looked
>> at
>> has a chart, and so does the second.  After that, I got depressed and
>> stopped, at least for a while. 
>>
>> Both Bookshare and NLS put out books with lots of charts and no
>> descriptions.  It's very frustrating.  Without any useful directions,
>> they're just books on technique, and sometimes not even that. 
>>
>> I'm sure the Bookshare book came straight from the publisher, and was
>> never
>> touched by a proofreader.  It's how Bookshare gets lots of books to
>> share,
>> which is usually great.  But they're never vetted by anyone to see how
>> useful some of them are. 
>>
>> Guess I'll have to go to Bookshare and write a review.
>>
>> Tracy
>>
>>
>>
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