[bksvol-discuss] Re: BookShare Policy Reminder
- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:35:34 -0400
I was talking about scanned books not downloads.
I've seen books with various typos: turth for truth, beat for bat, bas for
bears, .356 for .357 magnum came out of an NLS recording of a Robin Cook novel.
The Ballantine Tolkien has either lots of misprints or they never corrected
between one edition and another, because the index was horrible. I wasn't
talking about downloads.
Sorry about the misimpression.
----- Original Message -----
From: Cindy
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 8:09 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: BookShare Policy Reminder
Thanks, Kaitlyn. But then doesn't it read the print
book? If it just reads what's in the downloaded file,
how would an Opticon distunguish between a misprint
in the origina. book or a scanno.
Gary, I'm afraid I don't understand your response to
Ken's question.
Cindy
--- Kaitlyn Hill <Kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> HI Cindy,
>
> An Optacon is a reading machine that uses a small
> camera then translates the
> printed characters into pattern on a small finger
> pad. The letters are
> formed with a number of vibrating pins.
>
>
> Kaitlyn
> Healing Practitioner
> "The cost of a thing is the amount of what I call
> life, which is required to
> be exchanged for it immediately or in the long run."
> Henry Thoreau
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Cindy
> Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 2:32 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: BookShare Policy
> Reminder
>
> What is Optacon? How does it distinguish between a
> misprint and a scanno? If one doesn't have one of
> those, or the print book, then one must use one's
> own
> judgment, no?
>
> Cindy
>
>
> --- Gary Petraccaro <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > You use an Optacon.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Kenneth A. Cross
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2005 6:46 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: BookShare Policy
> > Reminder
> >
> >
> > Just out of curiosity: Without the printed book
> > and someone to read it, how do you distinguish
> > positively between a misprint in the book and a
> > mistake in scanning?
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gary Petraccaro
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 10:49 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: BookShare Policy
> > Reminder
> >
> >
> > I check these. Btw, my all-time favorite was
> in
> > a Robin Cook novel: a .356 magnum. Had to laugh.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gerald Hovas
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 12:40 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: BookShare
> Policy
> > Reminder
> >
> >
> > Gary,
> >
> > Occasionally, books have obvious errors
> which
> > are also obviously not scanning errors, but errors
> > by the author or editor. These should be left as
> > is. My favorite error is one in Ill Wind by
> Nevada
> > Barr where she is listing large trucks, as in 18
> > wheelers, and she says Kenmoore instead of
> Kenworth,
> > or a brand of home appliances instead of a large
> > truck.
> >
> > As Jake said, though, I imagine a lot of
> > misprints get corrected because it's difficult to
> > tell a misprint from a scanning error most of the
> > time.
> >
> > Gerald
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf Of Jake Brownell
> > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 2:36 AM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: BookShare
> Policy
> > Reminder
> >
> >
> > Gary,
> > Misprints are really up to the original
> > submitter. Some will say to leave them as is
> because
> > the goal is a replica of the print copy. However,
> > for scanners who have no way of comparing with the
> > print page, it is likely to be assumed a scanno
> and
> > thus corrected.
> > Indexes are not considered core content
> > and are not required for BookShare submission,
> > however wherever possible it would be helpful to
> > include them. A student somewhere down the road
> > might be very greatful for that index, as thats
> what
> > a sighted person would use.
> >
> > Best,
> > Jake
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Gary Petraccaro
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 2:07 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] BookShare Policy
> > Reminder
> >
> >
> > Should we correct misprints and include
> > indexes?
> > Thanks.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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