[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: [bookshare-discuss] hoping to start somewhere
- From: "Jake Brownell" <jabrown@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2005 18:03:56 -0500
Hi Lissi,
If a person fixes the DAISY copy and submits it back to BookShare, then
the DAISY file will be new and a new BRF copy will be generated.
If a BRF copy is submitted back to BookShare then the BRF copy will be
new, but the DAISY will not be updated. Back translation errors from Braille
to text make that impractical.
HTH,
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 5:58 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: [bookshare-discuss] hoping to start
somewhere
> Dear Julie and everyone,
>
> Julie, your explanation of the errors I'm finding sounds logical. For
pinya
> Colata, my copy said pifia colata. If that reflects a scanning error,
> wouldn't it be the same error in print? All through the book the name
O'Day
> is written O"Day. Is there a way to make the corrections so both print
and
> braille would be corrected. Harvest is an entertaining novel, but I won't
> save it. For my own reading, in this case, I'm content to gloss over the
> mistakes, but I thought correcting them would make the book nicer for the
> next readers.
>
> I keep asking because I still don't understand whether braille is
corrected
> differently from print or audio, or if corrections to one could fix the
> others, too.
>
> Please tell me more. I'd like to understand the system better. It seems
> many computer users are almost intuitive about understanding patterns and
> commands. I need the obvious to be explained, but I can learn this stuff
and
> know I'll be contributing.
>
> I've followed Rose's problems with sympathy. In learning what I know so
far
> I have noticed that things can go so wrong and resist being fixed and,
then,
> some simple little thing or key stroke can almost magically make
everything
> fall in to place and it works.
>
> Rose, was that medical book your first scanning project for Book Share? It
> sounds so huge and difficult for even the most experienced volunteer.
>
> This might not be your approach, but when I make my first attempt, I will
> find a short, children's chapter book with few pictures and
embellishments.
> Then, I won't invest much time or have to deal with a big file for my
first
> effort. As a former teacher, I still have lots of books like the one I
> described.
>
> If anyone would like me to send them a, "starter book," I'd be happy to. I
> have 2 copies of some books so if you had an established Book Share
> volunteer to help, they could use the second copy. Unless I specify
> otherwise, the books I send are free, I pay the postage and you do
whatever
> you like with the book when you finish with it because I won't want it
back.
>
> Always With Love,
>
> Lissi
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Julie Morales" <inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 6:22 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: [bookshare-discuss] hoping to start
> somewhere
>
>
> > You can correct the braille copy, but these sound like scanning errors,
> > not
> > just with the braille file. The dots 2,3,5, I believe you said is what
> > happened, is also the exclamation mark, and that is a scanner error, so
it
> > wouldn't be just the braille file affected by this. What I do with files
> > like this is just correct as I go for my own purposes and keep the
> > corrected
> > file for myself. Take care.
> > Julie Morales
> > inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Windows/MSN Messenger (but not email):
> > mercy0421@xxxxxxxxxxx
> > Skype: mercy0421
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 10, 2005 9:32 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fw: [bookshare-discuss] hoping to start
> > somewhere
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello Everyone, especially volunteers who use the Braille note with
> > refreshable braille to read book share books in brf format.
> >
> > I sent this post to the book share discuss group and now realize I
should
> > have sent it to you, the volunteers. I'm sorry for sending it to both
> > lists,
> > but maybe it just doubles my chances of getting the advice I need. Below
> > is
> > the post, with a few alterations, I sent to the discuss list.
> >
> > - - - - -
> >
> > I've listened to jaws read 3 novels from Book Share and if there were
> > errors, I didn't notice them. After some fizzles and good advice, I've
> > moved
> > a brf file to my Braille Note. I'm on page 157 of Tess Gerritsen's,
> > "Harvest." It was rated excellent, and I've had a wonderful time
reading
> > it.
> >
> > Now comes my question. I'm not disputing the rating and I'm not
> > criticizing.
> > I feel so lucky to be reading this book in braille. I agree the
volunteer
> > did an excellent job with all of the tasks needed to prepare it for us.
> >
> > Occasionally I am noticing small errors. For example, the word, I, at
the
> > beginning of a quoted phraise, like "I am happy," always appears as dots
2
> > 3
> > and 5, which translates as the contraction for the word, "to." Other
> > little
> > things pop up like missing spaces between words, a word spelled out
which
> > should be contracted or simple typos as in a word with one cell of
random
> > dots. In one instance the word, what, is written r h a t, the
contraction
> > for wh doesn't appear and xx is written between the opening quotation
> > mark
> > and the capital sign for the first word. None of these mistakes has made
> > it
> > difficult to understand the story, nor have they posed any problems.
> > It would be so easy for me to correct these errors since I'm reading the
> > book any way. Is there a way of incorporating small corrections in a
book
> > without starting the process from the beginning and without taking it
off
> > the list of available books?
> >
> > This proof reading comes naturally. It's so easy for me and could tidy
up
> > the braille for the next readers.
> >
> > I haven't done anything official as a volunteer yet. I'm confused by
> > computers, but with patience can be taught and perform operations I've
> > learned with consistant success.
> >
> > Just wondering if I could or should fine tune this excellent book or
> > others
> > like it. If the answer is, yes, then I need to learn how to do it.
> >
> > Always With Love,
> >
> > Lissi
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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