[bksvol-discuss] Re: books already on bookshare needing fixing up
- From: "Julie Morales" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 19:33:35 -0500
Hi, E. I did. There have only been a few, but they were specific. Some of
them may not have been too terribly bad, but they were bad enough that it
made it difficult to read and I thought it worth mentioning when I found
them, so I did mention the titles. Take care.
Julie Morales
Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is our gift to Him.
----- Original Message -----
From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 6:04 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books already on bookshare needing fixing up
Please put specific titles on the list when you find out things litke
that. If we volunteers know that a book is in bad shape, perhaps someone
will re-scan it if bad enough or fix errors if possible.
E.
At 12:45 PM 3/11/2006, you wrote:
>I know all of that, E, but it's a good thing to point out to those who may
>not. There have been a few titles I've mentioned here that could use some
>fixing up, and I've made notes of them myself so if I'm ever in a position
>to rescan them, I can do that. Some of the books I've read have had missing
>text at the ends of lines and all kinds of stuff that would benefit more
>from a complete rescanning rather than just a fixing up. I read my books
>using a Braille Lite and download the BRF files, so I can't fix those up.
>The ones that aren't bad, I just correct as I go for my own purposes, but
>the ones that really need fixing up, I do make a note of it and have
>mentioned it here. Take care.
>Julie Morales
>Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is our gift to Him.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 11:46 AM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] books already on bookshare needing fixing up
>
>
>You can always correct the .html version of a book which exists on
>bookshare and re-submit it putting BSO in the submission. Some of the
>stuff on bookshare is shamefully messy. If you do not have time to fix up
>a book, please comment with specifics including the book title on this list
>so someone can fix it up.
>
>E. z
>At 12:13 AM 3/11/2006, you wrote:
>
> >Hi, Bud. You know, I've learned a lot from this list, too, and I think
> >that's one of the many great things about it. We can't possibly
> >experience
> >everything there is out there ourselves, so it's nice to learn from what
> >other people have experienced so when something like that does happen to
> >us,
> >we can draw on what others have said worked for them. I know I've raised
> >my
> >standards for my submissions just by reading what other people do, and
> >not
> >only that, but reading books from the site and thinking if I submitted
> >that
> >book, what could I have done to make it better? No, I don't analyze every
> >book from Bookshare that I download that way, but when I do download a
> >book
> >that has consistent errors or things missing, I do think about that, so I
> >think experience is the best teacher, but it's nice to have this list so
> >we
> >can learn from each others' experiences. Take care.
> >Julie Morales
> >Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is our gift to Him.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bud Schwab" <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 9:56 PM
> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: spell checking
> >
> >
> >Thanks Julie,
> >
> >I appreciate all your comments and I hope it will inspire others as
> >well as myself to try to submit more usable material. It's too badd
> >there isn't a list of directions and suggestions for beginners who
> >are starting to submit books. I just sort of learned by belonging to
> >this list and just using my common sense.
> >I'll keep trying to improve the submissions so the validator won't
> >have so much work.
> >
> >T T Y
> >
> >BudLAt 12:37 PM 3/4/2006, you wrote:
> > >Hi, Bud. The important thing is that as a submitter, you're willing to
> > >learn
> > >and improve what you do. I think it's true of at least almost all of us
> > >that
> > >our earlier submissions might not have been as good as what they are
> > >now.
> > >That could be a software thing, but I think more likely, it's that, as
> > >we
> > >scan books and get more involved with Bookshare, we raise our standards
> > >and
> > >just submitting the bare minimum is no longer good enough for most of
> > >us.
> > >As
> > >long as you're open to suggestions and learning how to improve what you
> > >do,
> > >you'll never be perfect, but you're learning and improving and that's
> > >the
> > >important thing. <smile> Take care.
> > >Julie Morales
> > >Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is our gift to Him.
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Bud Schwab" <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 6:30 PM
> > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] spell checking
> > >
> > >
> > >Hi Guys,
> > >
> > >I've been submitting books for about thrree years now. I was never
> > >given any rules or guide lines when I first started so just thought
> > >that scanning and submitting was all there was to it. Recently I
> > >have started using the rank speller in Kurzweil and find a lot of
> > >corrections to make. Maybe the word should go out to submitters that
> > >spellchecking is part of the submitting. It takes a long time to do
> > >a book of any size with spellchecking but I'm sure it would be
> > >appreciated by the validators.
> > >
> > >
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