[bksvol-discuss] Re: Things spellcheck can't do
- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Feb 2006 18:26:36 -0800
Wow, that's quite a monster!
Still, I've scanned a couple of dozen books over the years, and unless the
book is a cheap paperback or it's in a funny font, or the contrast setting
on the scanner is off - automatic usually works pretty well for me - it
shouldn't be that bad. Sure, an occasional goof is inevitable, but if it's
a regular thing, then one or more of those three things is probably the
case. If it's a hardcover, or even a trade paperback, and the contrast is
automatic, then my OpenBook seems to handle proper names okay.
Still, in a book as big as that, even relatively occasional errors will add
up to quite a few.
----- Original Message -----
From: "mickey" <micka@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 3:12 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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