[bksvol-discuss] Re: txt page breaks redux
- From: Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 21:14:16 -0600
Mary, I definitely concur.
Guido
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[bksvol-discuss] Re: txt page breaks redux
Cindy,
I honestly think you can't generalize with respect to limiting the
excellent rating to only those books that have been "read" by a validator.
Its certainly true that a spell checker can't catch errors that aren't
there, such
as missing words, and its also true that correct words can still be the
wrong words, and a spell checker won't catch them either. But my
experience with that is that while spell checking, you're going to see
other errors
that are typical of brightness issues that will be the cause of things
like he for be, lie for he etc, and you can then check more thoroughly and
root at least some of that stuff out before submitting. Its undoubtedly
true
that some things will inevitibly slip past any method of proofing that
doesn't include a literal reading from cover to cover. But its a question
of time. How many errors are eliminated from a carefully spell checked and
cleaned book when you read it from cover to cover? With respect to a book
with lots of missing words, isn't it usually the case that there are also
plenty of fragmented words, and those should be seen when spell
checking and may alert one to a serious problem, perhaps because the book
wasn't flat enough, or the bottoms of pages got cut off when scanning or
whatever. I guess my point is that there is a lot more than simply
correcting the specific errors that can come out of a thorough spell
check, and I know its possible to produce excellent quality texts without
reading them from start to finish before submitting them.
mary
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