[bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice needed.
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:12:05 -0700
Hi, I think I'd be interested in doing something with regard to cookbooks,
glossaries, dictionaries, etc. if I can get a lot of help with it. I'm
wondering if this sort of thing can be done with more proofreaders simply to
combat the possible boredom factor. Doing such work requires a meticulous
attention to detail that the brain could zone out. Could it be done as a sort
of relay so that it can be a team effort where somebody does the A's and B's,
or however much one person feels capable of handling, then it gets passed on to
the next person. I don't know if this is feasible, but this is what I've been
thinking about with regard to such projects. One wants to minimize the tendency
to burn out or become bored, plus there must be a way to make sure what is
being sent in is accurate and readable. Regards, Kim Friedman.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Scott Rains
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 12:28 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice needed.
Great discussion everyone. It is always encouraging to see people itching for
the next challenge. We're all for it!
It may not be apparent but the manual is as much a "consensus document" and a
chronicle of best practices that this community has evolved as it is a set of
regulations imposed arbitrarily from the outside. Of course, we need to work
within the possibilities of DAISY and BRF. We need to be aware of what has been
written into Bookshare's DAISY converters. The fact is, when a sub-group of
volunteers decides together to tackle a scanning or proofing problem we often
see some valuable innovation that helps us all.
As volunteers take on increasingly difficult and complex books - and raise
their sense of what level of quality they want books to have in Bookshare - new
advice gets presented and adopted.
I see a suggestion here that we adopt non-sighted/sighted partnerships for
working on maps for example. Does anyone want to step up to that challenge? How
to format such things as glossaries, appendices, etc.? If so, be sure to share
with me any new ideas, processes, or standards you come up with.
Scott Rains
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Kim Friedman [kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:38 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice needed.
Hi, speaking strictly from my point of view, if it's in the book then I leave
it in. I do have a gripe, though. I know certain things may not be considered
core material such as glossaries, appendices, etc. but I figure if you have
gone through the whole bother of proofreading the text as a whole, I'd want to
make sure whatever is in the book is presentable and readable. Of course, it
wouldn't hurt to get some mentoring on how to format such things as glossaries,
appendices, etc. I'd certainly appreciate such advice if I were proofreading a
book of fantasy containing such materials. I couldn't do a thing about maps
unless there was sighted assistance available, but the other things, I'd think
it would be my duty to make sure it was readable. I downloaded an Indian
cookbook possessing a glossary, and believe me, it is a mess and not usable.
That really bothers me. Regards, Kim Friedman. -----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamie Yates, CPhT
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 9:15 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Advice needed.
As someone who scans a lot I kind of would find it offensive to know the
proofreader deleted things it took me so long to scan. Yes, lists of books
available from the publisher at the end of the book aren't core content, but if
I thought it was worth the time to scan them so that readers who can't utilize
the print book can have access to the same thing I can, then I would hope the
proofreader would leave them in.
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