[bksvol-discuss] Re: validating as a totally blind person
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2008 16:16:07 -0800 (PST)
I'll add Donna Smith to that list, too. I'm validating
one of her books now and so far I've found no scanning
errors or formatting problems--just a stray letter at
the end of a page very rarely. If I weren't such
perfectionist or obssessionist (I know, there's no
such word) I'd just do a spell-check and upload it as
Excellent without reading it--but I can't. If in
reading it I can fix one little missing comma or
delete one extraneous letter to make an Excellent scan
even more perfect, I'm driven to do it. smile
G.Cindy
And Allison, I'll be picking up your book and working
on it next, which will be in the next couple of days.
smile
--- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Monica. You're asking a good question. Did you
> know that most of us,
> probably about 90 percent, are blind just like you?
> We don't need the
> print book to validate, though that can certainly
> help if it's an
> option. A validater checks the book for completion
> and reads the book to
> catch the errors he or she can find. In the best
> possible scenario, the
> submitter and validater work together so that if
> there is an error
> somewhere, they can fix it. Sometimes you don't know
> who the submitter
> is though, and you just do your best to fix the
> errors. If you haven't
> done any validating, Monica, you might consider
> looking for books by
> some of our submitters that do proofread their scans
> since they are
> easier to validate. Mayrie Renae, Jamie Yates, Jim
> Baugh, Shelley
> Rhodes, and Louise Gourdoux are just some examples
> of such submitters.
> This isn't an exhaustive list by any means. We have
> too many great
> submitters for me to give you that kind of list.
> (smile) The people
> I've mentioned in this post are people who are easy
> to find if you have
> questions and consistently submit scans that are
> easy to validate.
> Working on their books gives you a chance to get
> comfortable with the
> process of validating. I think you'll find that it's
> easier than it
> sounds, and it can be a lot of fun when you take
> books you'd like to
> read anyway. We're here to help you if you get
> stuck, and I'm sure
> you'll do a fine job.
>
> Monica Willyard
>
>
> Monica Svopa wrote:
> > Hello to all. I probably shouldn't ask this
> question but I wasn't
> > sure how to proceed. I was wondering how I as a
> blind individual
> > could validate a book correctly. Since I can't
> read the print book, I
> > wouldn't want there to be any mistakes. Do you
> have any suggestions
> > as to how y'all do this? Thanks for your help. I
> don't validate or
> > scan much but I'd like to do some. Sometimes
> books peak my interest
> > but I hesitated because I wasn't sure how to
> handle it. Thanks.
> >
> > Monica Svopa
> >
>
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