[bksvol-discuss] Re: How-to
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2011 05:41:39 -0700
Hi, Bob, when I proofread a book, it's on my computer and I open the rtf
file after I've copied it and re-named it (leaving out my name and any
hold mentioned in the title). When I enter the file, MS Word 2002 takes
over and my screen reader is set to read me all punctuation. When my
Braille display is recognized, I usually listen to the speech and follow
along in Braille. Now, I have to listen very carefully and make sure
that when I come to an end of a quotation, there is no space between the
last mark indicating the end of the sentence and the quotation mark. I
try to make sure the spelling of characters' names is consistent, no
scannos get past me, words are hyphenated if needed (moon-pale, for
example). I read the whole book, correcting as I go. I don't know if
that helps you out, but that's what I do when I'm proofreading. I do the
preparation of certain things before I start so I don't have to correct
smart quote and the like. If I can find-and-replace stuff, I try to do
that before I start reading. I just keep reading until I finish the
book. I know if I were to use the spell checker in Word, it would bug me
by trying to correct the author's grammar, and I'm not interested in
that if that what is written by him/her. I prefer to keep the file in
rtf if possible. Regards, Kim Friedman.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Bob W
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 4:21 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How-to
Hi Kim.
Could you tell us what tools you have available to you?
You are right, a spellcheck in word would be very time consuming.
I use Kurzweil to proofread books and couldn't live without it. It has a
feature called "rank spelling" that does a quick spellcheck of your book
it
gives you a list of uniquely misspelled words and how many times they
occur
in the book.
It has another feature called "apply corrections" which looks for known
scanning errors and corrects them. I don't like this feature as well
because
it does all its corrections without giving you the opportunity to say
whether or not apply each one.
Let us know what tools you use to proofread books with and perhaps we
can be
more helpful.
Bob
A learning experience is one of those things that says, 'You know that
thing
you just did? Don't do that.' Douglas Adams
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2011 4:23 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] How-to
Hi, since my Braille display isn't co-operating with me while I'm
reading and proofreading for mistakes, How do I use the Bookshare tools
for spell-checking the file? I suppose I can do it through Word, but I'm
rather stumped. I can spell-check an email message just by hitting the
f7 key, but going through a 500-page (approximately) book is rather
daunting, to say the least. I've kept the file in rtf format and don't
wish to muck about with it if I can avoid it. Please give very detailed
answers as I think I'll need them. Assume I don't know what I'm doing
and proceed from there (smile). Regards, Kim Friedman. P.S.: The more
excruciatingly detailed you are, the more I'll probably be able to grasp
any concepts you might have to share with me. K.
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