[bksvol-discuss] Re: reading in mp3Re: Re: question: Re: page breaks
- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 18:32:04 -0500
For all its contraversy, I agree with Guido. With our new submissions,
Bookshare should not accept books that does not meet certain standards. I
would imagine that More than 20 percent of the current validation list
consists of TXT romances that are submitted by one person and are absolutely
horid (in terms of quality). Yet I find that they are validated without
too much upgrade--please don't get me wrong, I am not blaming the people who
validate these books for doing so without upgrading. They have so much
editting to do that it's absolutely impossible. In many instances, I would
rate them even below fair. I think volunteers should feel free by Bookshare
rules to reject such books. The submitter/s must learn that these books
are not acceptable.
Pratik
Pratik Patel
Interim Director
Office of Special Services
Queens College
Director
CUNY Assistive Technology Services
The City University of New York
ppatel@xxxxxx
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I would be rather sad if there were any misunderstanding about the
interpretation of my words.
This is not a matter of being 'nice' to some or of cruelty to some others,
human rights, humane rights, rights of the individual, plight of starving
children, the downtrodden, the lexicographically starved, children of
lesser gods, second class citizenry, the oppressed masses of the world
blind, and all the rest of the worthy likes. This is only a pedestrian
publishing standards issue of a private corporation, which is neither an
association, nor it is a club, and has both the right and the duty of
ruling on the matter.
In its youth Bookshare has been rightly rather loose in its
posting/publishing standards, now we have nearly 20K titles in the eStacks
and it is time to tighten those standards up a notch. I am looking forward
to some clearly delignated standards from Benatech staff to which we
volunteers can and will delightedly conform.
Regards,
Guido Dante Corona
IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx.
IBM Research,
Phone: (512) 838-9735
Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
"Gisela Vazquez" <gvazquez@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Mary, I am talking about MP3 reading, not txt reading in BC.
it just doesn't seem right that the community should be deprived of good
books simply because of the pagination. I agree with those who say there
should be a note. It isn't fair to the rest of us. If you read in MP3
shouldn't you be able to book mark them, Guido? If not, don't read them. I
know that sounds cruel but it's crueler to deprive the rest of us simply
because a few can't find a way around the problem.
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