[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: A book you validated has been accepted by Bookshare
- From: "gwen tweedy" <gstweedy@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:58:56 -0600
Thank you so much Monica.
Yes I hear that sound for sure neat then think I'll keep this list, good idea,
I've had several valodaded sense I've started proofreading,
and it makes you feel proud you can help and for me, that I am accomplishing
something, I feel better about what I can do sense I started proofreading.
Thanks, I've been trying to find easy proofs. There were some I just needed to
release and let someone else take care of.
And you know it didn't make me feel as badly to release those books as it did
when I felt as if I had failed in scanning that kind of thing.
Gwen
----- Original Message -----
From: Monica Willyard
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 1:40 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: A book you validated has been accepted by
Bookshare
Gwen, when you're reading a book in Kurzweil, you will hear a sound when
Kurzweil moves from one page to the next. In most cases, this is where the page
break is. In well-scanned books, the page number will be near the page break,
usually immediately after the break since page numbers are usually at the top
of a new page. If you start out working on books that are scanned by submitters
who know how to do their pages correctly. you can learn how to proofread. You
won't have to worry about page breaks, and you will start to hear the Kurzweil
sound to show you where pages are. I think that's a good place for most new
proofreaders. Larry Lumpkin, Mayrie ReNae, Jamie Yates, Amber W., Linda
Ragland, Laura Ann Grymes, Jana Jackson, Jim Baugh, Lynn I, and your husband
are all people who consistently submit books that are easy for new proofreaders
to work on. They're also nice people, and that makes a big difference when
you're learning. There are more good submitters on this list. These happen to
be people I've worked with personally and on more than one project.
Gwen, I think most people are confused when they start proofreading. It's
expected that new proofreaders will need help and that they will make some
mistakes. You don't have to be a computer whiz to do this. If you can fix
scannos in your first few books, that's enough. Over time you will pick up
little tricks that make things easier. And if you get hold of a book that needs
more advanced work than you can do, you can release it and try again.
We talk about formatting things sometimes. That skill is in the more advanced
skills set and requires some computer knowledge. Asking you to do that on your
first project is like asking a baby to run before he learns to pull himself up
and walk holding onto something.
If you take a book scanned by one of the people I've mentioned, you can focus
on learning how to fix scannos and get comfortable moving around in Kurzweil.
That is a good place for you right now, and Bookshare needs people like you to
get these books into the system.
If I can be of help to you, you can write to me at rhyami@xxxxxxxxx
Monica Willyard
Check out my books and accessible book lists on Goodreads at
http://www.goodreads.com/profile/plumlipstick
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