[bksvol-discuss] Re: Clarifying the stripper and page number issue for Monday Meeting

  • From: "Kenneth A. Cross" <crossk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 22:20:13 -0500

Let me see if I understand this: you are saying that books in the daisy
format have page numbers accurate from the book itself.  So the daisy books
can be used to work with teachers and students and to submit term papers
which are annotated.  Is that correct?
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mary Otten" <maryotten@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 9:35 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Clarifying the stripper and page number issue
for Monday Meeting


> Its worth pointing out that the page numbers are still present in the
daisy format, at least; those numbers that some folks so carefully preserve
are used in that format, so all you need do is read with something that
> recognizes the tags. Is that any less reasonable a request than asking
people to go strip headers by hand? That is an extremely tedious process;
the longer the book, the more tedious. And since many don't own
> something like K1000 that will do a decent job in many instances,  those
who don't would then be left to strip each page or live with what the
validator submits, headers, numbers and all. You're right. There are
> different views, and one size will never fit all. But I do think the daisy
books with the numbers on demand are a good compromise.
> Mary
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