[bksvol-discuss] Re: txt page breaks redux
- From: Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:12:51 -0600
Kelly, if the scanner is the cause of the quality problem, a minimal $45
investment will get them a perfectly good EPSON 1650 at the EPSON refurb
store. If someone can't afford that, I can't even see how they can't
possibly afford a monthly Internet connection charge.
A barely higher $124 will get them a modern refurb EPSON 3170 in the same
place. If Kurzweil or Openbook were too costly and rehab funding were not
available, the ABBY Fine Reader Professional 7.0 is a perfectly high
quality solution, as the spottless submission from Donna Smith testify.
As you said, obsolete equipment is not a good excuse. A little up-front
work prior to submission typically ensures that a good part of the errors
have been fixed. A spotcheck can also detect bunch of missing words etc.
. .
Now, think about time usage: is it better to work 20 hours to salvage a
single book, or spend the same total amount of time and end with 3 to 4
submissions at the end? Let's not even think about the fact that our
paying subscribers will find the collection grown by 4 instead of 1 at the
end of your effort. Let us think about our work benefitting other
volunteers? Your 20 hours can be spent giving credit to 1 sloppy
submitter, or give credit to 4 other good ones. Now, tell me where you
will work, if the greater good of the volunteer community is paramount to
you.
And if instead you think about your own credits, as a reviewer, your 20
hours can get you 1 credit, or can get you 4, depending on what you work
on.
So, as you can see, whether you think about our customers, the volunteer
community at large, or your own interest, the outcome seems to be the
same.
Unless we think of these files as orphan, hungry, sick children, in need
of comfort, and nurture. Which I am afraid they are not.
Guido
Guido Dante Corona
IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx.
Research Division,
Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
"Kellie Hartmann" <kellhart@xxxxxxxxxx>
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[bksvol-discuss] Re: txt page breaks redux
Oh Guido, great Lord High Rejecter of all, <grin>
That's fantastic if you have access to a copy of the book. Oftentimes the
volunteer may not, and a certain amount of error-correcting really isn't
that onerous, especially if you're going to read the book anyway.
I do think, though, that it's nice when people who, because of older
equipment, can't get scans that live up to our modern high standards go
through and do some work on their submissions before submitting. After
all,
there's a lot more credit for submitting than there is for validating.
Kellie
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