[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fair Quality Scans: No Longer Accepted

Fair Quality Scans: No Longer Accepted    Does this mean I won't have to spend 
time validating fair scans any more because that did sound frustrating. 
Kenny 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Estelnalissi 
  To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:27 PM
  Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fair Quality Scans: No Longer Accepted


  Dear Claire, Bookshare Staff at Large, and Booksharian Friends,

  Ee Ha!

  Claire your news is better than fabulous! Bookshare readers and validators 
will be spared so much frustration and we'll be giving the books we prepare for 
Bookshare, and offer to readers, the respect they are due!

  This policy will save so much time and frustration for volunteers who 
examined and gave up on fair books or spent countless hours trying to bring 
them up to a higher standard. And though it doesn't raise Bookshare's grand 
total of books offered, I'm excited because many of us will choose to use some 
of that time saved to work on BSO-ing the fair books we already have. Imagine, 
we are moving toward a time when the collection will be of such high quality 
that subscribers to Bookshare won't have the chance to be disappointed when 
they download books. 

  I know E, and all of the volunteers who have been asking so fervently to be 
spared the burden of wasted volunteering and reading effort demanded by those 
fair books, will be celebrating! They never gave up asking for this change and 
they didn't wish in vain. High five to them!

  We can all walk a little taller!

  Thank you! Thank you!!!

  Always with love,

  Lissi
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Claire O'Brien 
    To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:56 PM
    Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fair Quality Scans: No Longer Accepted




    Dear Bookshare Volunteers:

    In our ongoing effort to raise the quality standard of the reading
    experience at Bookshare.org, we are happy to announce that 'Fair'
    quality scans will no longer be accepted. We feel that in order to honor
    our commitment to offer the best reading experience possible for the
    print-disabled community, scanned books must now meet the minimum
    quality standard of 'Good' (98.6-99.3% words recognized by our quality 
rating and dictionary).

    Our collection is largely built from our volunteer community, and we
    value the contributions from each of our supporters. We hope that this
    decision will improve the Bookshare.org experience for both our readers
    and volunteers.

    For helpful hints on how to produce better scans, please browse the
    following resources:
    The Volunteer Manual (soon be renamed the Scanning and Validation
    Manual): http://www.bookshare.org/web/VMMain.html
    Friends of Bookshare web page: www.friendsofbookshare.org
    Jake's web page: www.jbrownell.com/bks/

    Sincerely,

    Claire O'Brien
    Collection Development Manager, Bookshare
    Benetech
    480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
    Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA

    claireo@xxxxxxxxxxxx

    www.bookshare.org

    The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity
    A Nonprofit Organization

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