Using tb for tablespoon and ts for teaspoon is also a good approach, as it's not going to get confused. I include a legend for recipes at the bottom in case there is a question. Also, while we're talking about message dynamics, could you folks who are using taglines please turn them off on replies, especially if they're over the recommended three lines maximum preferred by net convention? This would save folks who are trying to see what's being responded to from having to go through someone's tagline to get to the prior post, thereby saving time and effort for us.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Cookinginthedark [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Charles Rivard > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 11:07 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [CnD] recipe writing suggestions- Re: Maybe I Should Change > the Way It Reads Numbers > > That's what mine is set. I use JAWS 14. > > One thing that I do wish that list members would do, though, to > eliminate a lot of problems is that they don't just copy recipes from > the Net and paste them into an Email. Before sending, they should make > sure that the recipe is not scattered. Here's an example: > > I see some written like this: > > 1/2 > cp > of brown sugar. > > instead of > 1/2 cup of brown sugar. > > Also, sometimes the t of tablespoon is capitalized while the t of > teaspoon is not, but both are spelled tsp instead of tsp and tbsp. I, > if I remember to do so, write the words teaspoon or tablespoon for > clarity when using a screen reader. > One is much easier to read than the other. > > Also, in a lot of cases, there is a blank space between every line of > the recipe. When I write them, I put all of the ingredients, each on a > separate line, but single spaced. Then a blank space between the list > of ingredients and what you do. These are mere suggestions to improve > readability. > > -- > If guns kill people, writing implements cause grammatical and spelling > errors! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "shirley baker" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, October 25, 2013 10:20 AM > Subject: [CnD] Maybe I Should Change the Way It Reads Numbers > > > > I'm thinking maybe I should read the way Jaws reads numbers besides > just > > the punctuation setting, or symbols. What do you all have your > setting > > on as far as the way Jaws reads numbers? I have it now set on some > > translation. > > Shirley > > _______________________________________________ > > Cookinginthedark mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark > > _______________________________________________ > Cookinginthedark mailing list > [email protected] > http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark _______________________________________________ Cookinginthedark mailing list [email protected] http://acbradio.org/mailman/listinfo/cookinginthedark
