Production Tip for Studio Volunteers:

MARKING ACCURACY, FILE ASSESSMENT

We’re actually offering a couple of tips this time to help readers and directors when recording a book.

1) Once a file has been opened, readers and directors should look at the screen and take note of the kinds of headings the book has been separated into – for example, units, parts, chapters, sections, etc. Each book has been “set up” on the screen so that we can record the various segments of the book as determined by the table of contents. Pay particular attention to beginnings and endings of each file to make sure you’re marking only what’s on the screen.

2) Next, reader and director should verbally confirm with each other that marks will occur at those headings designated on the screen.

3) While recording, both reader and director should glance at the screen to make sure that the marks for the headings and the pages match with what is being read at that point.

4) If either director or reader notice that the headings and/or pages are NOT lining up with the material being read, please let a staff member know.

!! It is very possible that the computer program that divides the book into manageable segments will separate the page number for a section heading into a different file than that section heading. It may seem odd to just record the page number, close the file and open the new one to announce the heading from that page, but when we ship the book to the students the break will not be noticeable.

Thanks for all your hard work!

RFB&D eNewsletter 2^nd Quarter Fall 07