[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question re columns
- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2008 06:10:32 -0500
Hello Evan,
Table of contents are special creatures that can be breated slightly
differently. In a toc, we need to make sure that the page numbers
associated with chapters, sections and subsections appear to the right of
the text. If they are scanned as two columns, the decolumnization process
will take the second column, which consists of only the page numbers, and
will put it below all the chapter, section, and subsection listings. This
makes it very difficult to match the actual section with the associated
page. That's why Guido suggests that it could be very messy and
time-consuming to clean up a toc. Whenever I've had to clean up a toc, I've
had to make sure that I manually visit the beginnings of sections and make
certain that the page designation is absolutely correct.
When scanning in Kurzweil 1000, it's often a good idea to turn
decolumnization off when passing a toc page through the oCR process.
Kurzweil 1000 will allow you to reOCR pages after changing settings so that
is not a difficult problem to solve. The difficult problem is when
something other than Kurzweil 1000 or Openbook is used. I'd imagine that
with the release of Openbook 8, there is a similar feature in that as well.
Decolumnization could be problematic.
Jaimy and others who have used the method you describe, can you send me a
few pages that you might have worked on with a few examples? I'd like to
see the effects of your method.
Pratik
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of EVAN REESE
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 6:22 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question re columns
I'm not sure if just replacing ^n with ^p will do what I am talking about.
Maybe it will, but I am doubtful. I am referring to the arrangement of the
print on the page. When I say "decolomnize", I mean that the second column
needs to be below the first and third below the second, if there is a third.
That's the only way I know of to ensure that the brille or voice reader of
the Bookshare version won't get mixed up text. Unless the Bookshare tools do
this while processing the books? Anyone out there know? I've never done this
rearranging myself, as I have my scanner - K1000, and before that OpenBook -
take care of the decolomnizing while doing the OCR, and I haven't so far
validated a book with columns still in it.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Jamie Yates, CPhT <mailto:jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 4:45 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question re columns
Thanks, Evan. I will remember in the future to change all ^n to ^p then. I
assume Lissi fixed the columns in the Wild Irish Roses book because she
would probably have known.
Jamie in Michigan
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