[bksvol-discuss] Re: PDF Files
- From: Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2010 21:16:39 -0500
Does the scanning software break the file down into true paragraphs? I actually
had this problem when reading some materials that were in some Vistas files for
world religions that was, in fact, a computerized learning system. (That
particular issue had nothing to do with BookShare.)
CL
On Aug 14, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Shelley L. Rhodes wrote:
> I suspect and this is probably a large guess on my part.
>
> That we the volunteer accessing said PDF submitted by said publisher in some
> point in the future,
>
> Would have to run it through Either Adobe, or Kurzweil, or Openbook to
> "unlock" the PDF and make it so it is an .rtf so that Bookshare can process
> it, and if it is a PDF where it is the images of the pages not the actual
> text created in a word processor one of us would have to OCR and then edit it.
>
> I did read that article too, so know where he or she is coming from but it
> hasn't happened yet.
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
> and Ludden Black Labrador Guide Dog
>
> The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he
> does it without destroying something else. -John Updike, writer (1932-2009)
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 9:22 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: PDF Files
>
>
>> Oh, Arghhhh! There was apparently an article which I never read that
>> indicated that some publishers (small ones) would submit their books in pdf
>> format and that they would need to be proofread. The person who asked the
>> question had read this article. It is apparently an article on why
>> volunteers are still an integral part of Bookshare. So this person was
>> wondering how one would proofread such a file. I don't guess I completely
>> understood the question. Sorry to cause all this trouble, for I know pretty
>> much the rules governing volunteering at Bookshare; I just haven't had the
>> time to do it much lately.
>> Thanks for all your help folks. *smile*
>>
>> Cindy Lou
>>
>> On Aug 14, 2010, at 8:10 PM, Monica Willyard wrote:
>>
>>> Cindy, we don't accept pdf files or files directly from a publisher.
>>> All books we submit are supposed to have paragraphs and page breaks.
>>> If a publisher wants to donate a book, it needs to go through
>>> Bookshare itself. We aren't supposed to submit e-books that we buy
>>> somewhere unless we get prior permission from Bookshare staff. From
>>> what I understand from Bookshare staff, e-books we buy somewhere
>>> don't have the same legal standing as print books.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Monica Willyard
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