[bksvol-discuss] Re: txt page breaks redux
- From: "Paula and James Muysenberg" <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 22:32:07 -0600
Mike,
I agree with you about not imposing standards. I disagree, however, that
a user necessarily knows what to expect, when downloading a Fair book. The
criterion for Fair is, "Many errors, but legible throughout". At least in
validating, my experience has been that Fair-rated books can have many
passages that are completely unreadable. A new user might not realize that,
and could get a bad impression about Bookshare. I've talked to people who
have become disgusted, even with the number of errors in so-called Excellent
books--let alone Fair ones.
This is only my opinion, and I realize this has already been discussed,
but I wish Bookshare would do away with the Fair category altogether. With
such good software available now, I don't think we should settle for books
that leave readers guessing about half the content.
Just my 2 cents. Paula
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 2:13 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: txt page breaks redux
> Mary
>
> Amen to your comments to Guido! PEOPLE who download accurately labeled
> fair quality books know exactly what to expect.
> In the absence of directives from Benetech, who are any of us to impose
> standards upon others.
> It is great that we oursselves may choose to be topnotch submitters of the
> highest quality materials possible, but it is not for us to impose that on
> he BookShare system; they can do that for themselves if they choose.
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