[bksvol-discuss] More scannos
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 23:16:34 -0800 (PST)
In the book I'm sort of doing now, Judges are fudges.
It made me hungry. smile
Cindy
--- Estelnalissi <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dear Mickey,
>
> Mickey, you gave me such a great laugh. I know just
> what you mean! I've
> found absurd scannos in the best of scans which to
> my mind are nobody's
> fault. The mousetraps may be better, but none of
> them are fool proof. As
> long as scannoes exist, I prefer to find them
> endearing and love ridding the
> book of the little pests so they won't distract a
> reader who will download a
> book I've validated from Bookshare. Here are a few
> samples from a wide
> selection of books.
>
> My favorite
> All of the orcs in the Tolkien books were ores.
> farmers were fanners
> ll became U
> al became d
> M was AA
> e was 9
> saints were sahts
> battles are barrles
> flying was frying
> and fry was try
> accented letters were anyone's guess
> anything in italics was fair game
>
> Mind you I'm talking about a teeny few errors in
> masses of text, but being a
> perfectionist has its rewards and not primarily in
> the form of credits. The
> humor factor ranks high with me along with the
> satisfaction factor.
>
> I hope to read about more of the funny surprises our
> scans turn up.
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "mickey" <micka@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 6:12 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Things spellcheck can't do
>
>
> > Hi, List.
> >
> > Now, I'll admit I'm nothing if not totally anal.
> I'm a proofreader by
> > profession, and read everything in sight. I
> normally read any book I
> > validate, but the book I'm reading now really
> points up the value of
> > reading books before circulating.
> >
> > The book is On the Air: The Encyclopedia of
> Old-Time Radio. The book ended
> > up as 840 pages long, and I'd assume by the size
> it was a big one.
> > Definitely had to build muscles to scan that
> puppy!
> >
> > I learned things like the well-known author Erie
> Stanley Gardner wrote the
> > Perry Mason material. Then there was the comedy
> team, George Burns and
> > Grade Allen. The spell-checker choked on all the
> names. And the poor
> > scanner thought 1945-49 or anything of that type
> should be written 1945^9.
> >
> > I believe that it is close to 50 sides on cassette
> from NLS. Now I'm
> > working on the Index, should be done tomorrow.
> >
> > Are there really people who think we do this just
> for the credit? I
> > figured I'd be the perfect person to do this,
> because I'm old enough to
> > remember many of the names. But just a spellcheck
> would never work.
> >
> > Kudos to the person who had the patience to scan
> this book. Now I'll go
> > take it off my wishlist from NLS.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Mickey
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