[bksvol-discuss] Re: Problem with Open Book

Hmmm. Well, I'll take the one that's hold for yohandy,; I'll let the others sit 
sit there for a while while I do some of my own proofing and if they're still 
there I'll check them out.
Cindy

Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned 
list available at sites below



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--- On Wed, 4/7/10, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Problem with Open Book
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, April 7, 2010, 11:55 AM
> Actually, I have several on the
> checkout list right now that I think are near perfect except
> for the line breaks, but I can't be absolutely certain.
> After all, the two-step submit-proof process isn't for
> nothing. Anyone can miss something. However, there is one on
> the checkout list that should be very easy. It is very short
> and was actually a 13 page pamphlet. It is "Unity Statement
> on National Oppression, National Liberation and Socialist
> Revolution." It is hard for me to see how I could have
> missed much in that one. It has a hold on it for Yohandy. He
> is one of the new proofreaders who submitted it and it was
> bounced back and he never picked it up again. I know you
> fixed one that was like that and asked that the credit be
> given to the previous proofreader. Then there is another one
> that actually precipitated my recent communication with
> Bookshare in which it was made clear that my submissions
> were not acceptable in the form I am making them. It is
> actually checked out now. It was another one that was
> bounced back and it was picked up again, but I have been
> informed that the person who is working on it does not quite
> know what to do with it. It is "Lost traveler. If you want
> to I suppose you could contact him through Bookshare and
> rescue him on that one. There are some others up there that
> have never been checked out too, but I know that they have
> the same problem. I cannot be absolutely certain that I
> missed nothing in those though.
> 
> 
> _     _      _
> 
> "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one
> fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss
> all the other possible gods, you will understand why I
> dismiss yours"
> Stephen Roberts
> 
> 
> The Militant:
> http://www.themilitant.com
> Pathfinder Press:
> http://www.pathfinderpress.com
> Granma International:
>  http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 07, 2010 3:04 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Problem with Open Book
> 
> 
> All right. If everything else is perfect and I don't have
> to proof it
> ask Carrie to put it on the download list with a hold for
> me and I'll fix that problem.--orput in the comments section
> that the proofer can proof it but can leave those
> end-of-line symbols and then ask Carrie to put it on the
> download list for me to fic them.
> Cicndy
> 
> Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and
> books-being-scanned list available at sites below
> 
> 
> 
> Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
> 
> Books Being Scanned List: 
> https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
> 
> 
> --- On Tue, 4/6/10, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> 
> > From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Problem with Open Book
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 7:47 PM
> > No, I do not have Word. I think you
> > are talking about that 27 step process and that is
> what I
> > was unable to accomplish because I do not have the
> right
> > equipment. Besides the guy I was talking to from
> Bookshare
> > said that is not an ideal solution either because it
> only
> > eliminates about 80 to 90 per cent of the unwanted
> breaks.
> > 
> > 
> > _ _ _
> > 
> > "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe
> in one
> > fewer god than you do. When you understand why you
> dismiss
> > all the other possible gods, you will understand why
> I
> > dismiss yours"
> > Stephen Roberts
> > 
> > 
> > The Militant:
> > http://www.themilitant.com
> > Pathfinder Press:
> > http://www.pathfinderpress.com
> > Granma International:
> >  http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:00 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Problem with Open Book
> > 
> > 
> > If I understand you, your scans come out as ark files.
> Can
> > you convert them to Word/ Then you can save them
> > rtf files.
> > I can tell you how to get rid of the paragraph symbols
> at
> > the end of the lines in Word, in one fell swoop, if
> you are
> > careful. It it's what I did for a couple of your books
> when
> > Carrie put them on the download list for me to fix
> > Cindy
> > 
> > Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection)
> and
> > books-being-scanned list available at sites below
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
> > 
> > Books Being Scanned List: 
> > https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
> > 
> > 
> > --- On Tue, 4/6/10, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > 
> > > From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Problem with Open Book
> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 5:05 PM
> > > Some of you will remember that quite
> > > some time ago I had a problem with my Open Book 6
> such
> > that
> > > it was inserting paragraph breaks after every
> single
> > line in
> > > my scans. After getting various suggestions on
> how to
> > stop
> > > it and after none of them worked I finally gave
> up and
> > just
> > > submitted them that way while placing a note in
> the
> > comments
> > > section asking the proofreader to remove them.
> Since
> > last
> > > night and into today I have been in telephone
> and
> > email
> > > contact with both Bookshare and Freedom
> Scientific
> > technical
> > > support. What it comes down to is that my
> solution is
> > no
> > > longer exceptable. A lot of proofreaders have
> the
> > same
> > > problem that I have in not having the software
> or
> > expertise
> > > that allows those breaks to be easily removed
> and
> > others
> > > either do not understand the problem or do not
> read
> > the
> > > comments and submit what they think is a
> perfectly
> > good
> > > proofed book and it has to be sent back. Even
> when a
> > proofer
> > > uses the 27 step process described in the manual,
> that
> > is
> > > not an ideal solution either. I have been told
> that
> > for one
> > > thing it is an advanced technique that is beyond
> some
> > > proofers and for another thing it really only
> removes
> > maybe
> > > 80 to 90 per cent of the unwanted breaks. What
> it
> > comes down
> > > to is that I am going to have to solve the
> problem by
> > either
> > > upgrading my software -- an expensive prospect
> that I
> > would
> > > like to avoid -- or find a solution within my
> current
> > > software or else quit scanning and go back to
> > proofreading.
> > > Even if it is a bit more work I prefer scanning
> > because that
> > > way I am more likely to get to work on something
> I am
> > > actually interested in. When I skim the checkout
> list
> > it is
> > > clear that most of you do not entirely share my
> > tastes.
> > > Right now I would like to ask a couple of
> questions.
> > First,
> > > since people come and go here I want to ask if
> there
> > is
> > > anyone present now who knows how to make Open
> Book
> > stop
> > > this. I doubt that I will get a satisfactory
> answer to
> > that
> > > one because Freedom Scientific technical support
> today
> > knew
> > > of no such settings either. Secondly, let me
> describe
> > the
> > > next step that I have worked out with a certain
> > Bookshare
> > > employee. The next step is that I should scan
> > something in
> > > RTF rather than ARK and converting it. Now, once,
> a
> > long
> > > time ago, I had the idea that since I had to
> convert
> > it to
> > > RTF anyway I would just scan it that way in the
> first
> > place.
> > > There was some kind of problem with that which I
> > don't
> > > remember, but whatever it was I decided that it
> > wouldn't
> > > work. Now I am trying again and I don't remember
> how.
> > I went
> > > into my settings and changed the default format
> to RTF
> > and
> > > then I created a new blank document, but when I
> looked
> > at it
> > > it had an ARK extension. I went ahead and scanned
> a
> > few
> > > pages into it and they still had the line break
> > problem. I
> > > then converted it to RTF and it still had the
> line
> > break
> > > problem. I then created a new document that
> turned out
> > to
> > > have an ARK extension too and converted it to
> RTF
> > while
> > > there was nothing in it. I then had a blank
> document
> > with an
> > > RTF extension. I scanned a few pages into that
> and it
> > still
> > > had the same problem. The guy at Bookshare said
> that
> > he
> > > didn't really think that constituted scanning in
> RTF,
> > so he
> > > asked me to ask the list how I could scan in RTF.
> Once
> > I do
> > > so I am supposed to email the result to him. So,
> does
> > anyone
> > > know how to do that? And let me add one more
> question.
> > How
> > > much does it cost to upgrade to the latest
> version of
> > Open
> > > Book and, if I went for Kurzweil instead, how
> much
> > would
> > > they cost if I already have Open Book 6? I would
> hate
> > to go
> > > that route because, even though I have added a
> few
> > reasons
> > > for volunteering since I started, including that
> I
> > just
> > > enjoy it, the main reason for becoming a
> volunteer in
> > the
> > > first place was to accumulate credits and defray
> the
> > cost of
> > > a subscription. I really don't have a lot of
> money to
> > play
> > > with.
> > >
> > >
> > > _ _ _
> > >
> > > "I contend that we are both atheists. I just
> believe
> > in one
> > > fewer god than you do. When you understand why
> you
> > dismiss
> > > all the other possible gods, you will understand
> why
> > I
> > > dismiss yours"
> > > Stephen Roberts
> > >
> > >
> > > The Militant:
> > > http://www.themilitant.com
> > > Pathfinder Press:
> > > http://www.pathfinderpress.com
> > > Granma International:
> > > http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
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