I always read through whatever I submit or validate. I tried to change the
law that forbids me from submitting or validating anything I hadn't actually
read through after I got K1000. I certainly wouldn't have considered
changing it before I got it. But after investigation, I have found that the
votes in my psychical legislature still aren't there to make the change. So
I am going to have to read through a couple of books I agreed to submit
later this month. I was hoping that with ranked spelling and confidence
levels that I could put the bill through, but it died in committee, so to
speak. Too many junk characters near the spine of the book, despite my best
efforts, especially in the early pages. Ranked spelling doesn't appear to
catch them. I don't want my books looking like that. That was the real
sticking point. If I could find a way to eliminate them, I might try again
to change the policy. Chopping the book is not an option I am prepared to
countenance.
----- Original Message -----
From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 2:46 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Common scanning typo/errors
Hi Evan,
That is exactly why some validators read through the book. A computer would
be more likely to mistakenly correct a word like die than I would, even
though my brain is feeble. <lol>
Sue S.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 4:02 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Common scanning typo/errors
Yes, I haven't seen that particular one, but I did see lie for he in the last book I scanned. I'll have to check if that one is in the autocorrect file. It must use some kind of context analyzer, else how can it know whether die is really not the right word?
----- Original Message ----- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 1:43 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Common scanning typo/errors
If you run autocorrect it will catch the die for the error as well as other common scanos.
E. At 04:02 PM 9/12/2006, you wrote:
Hi there,
Thanks for the offer, but that isn't quite what I was looking for. I thought someone had compiled a list of common 'scannos' (scanner typos) - but this was a long time ago, and I think my mental competence is deteriorating with age :)
I think I'll start compiling my own list - I'm specifically looking for
scannos that don't get caught with a spell checker. For example, the book
I'm working on had substituted the word 'die' for 'the' in many instances,
and I've seen this in other book scans as well. If I had a list of these
scannos, I would run through it quickly with a 'find and replace' before
doing anything more in-depth.
Thanks again, Lea The Pardees <jfpardee@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi,
I have made up a file of junk characters that are not on the keyboard. It includes bullet, degree sign, pound sign etc. If this is the list you are referring to, I will be happy to send it to you.
Jim Pardee u
At 11:20 AM 9/12/06, you wrote:
>I have never seen a list like that. I thought the site had tips on it
>but
>I have nerver seen that list either. I know another comon scanning >error
>is some E's are recognised as C's.
>
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