[bksvol-discuss] Re: Requirements for acceptance -- the bottom line
- From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 02:11:21 -0400
Garry,
Your point is well taken. The corrections list we are considering is, I
believe, for K1K. I am not certain that Openbook supports such a function,
though I wouldn't doubt it. A large number of corrections may work well if
you choose to ensure that the correction that you enter into the file do not
create other problems in the book. And, if the correction is going to pose
a problem and create another correction error in the scan, we must ensure
that another correction is added to the file to allow us to change that. If
another correction is not possible, I would advise that we not add the first
correction to begin with. And, as I mentioned in one of my previous
messages, I would recommend that people run the automatic corrections
feature several times. It is easy to do in K1K. It is located under
tool/apply corrections. I try to do that with books that I validate. It
resolves many problems right from the beginning.
Pratik
Pratik Patel
Managing Director
CUNYAssistive Technology Services
The City University of New York
ppatel@xxxxxx
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Petraccaro
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 10:45 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Requirements for acceptance -- the bottom line
While that's not a bad idea, it's important to remember that different
systems tend to have--or have tended to have--different groups of errors.
Also, the larger the corrections list, the worse for weeding unless you look
at the types of corrections generated for a selection of the books you do.
A case in point is the one correction of "wold" to "wood". It might be a
reasonable correction, but, the one time I saw it used, it turned a real
word into a real word that wasn't there. I only noticed this with the
corrections list in front of me, and only because I knew the book in
question cold. Most other times, I'd have completely overlooked it.
----- Original Message -----
From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 2004 7:17 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Requirements for acceptance -- the bottom line
> The thought of the corrections list brings up another point. Would it be
> possible to create a sort of master bookshare corrections list which could
> be shared among ourselves. it could include your suggestion and others
> with the proviso that they be pretty bullet proof. Once something makes
it
> into a corrections list, it better do what you want it to or it will
create
> its own batch of errors.
> At 07:10 PM 8/15/2004, you wrote:
>
> >Elizabeth,
> >
> >You will often find that the books that contain die for the, will contain
> >many replacements of the letters th with di. I have populated my
> >automatic corrections list with words that have this combination of
letters
> >such as diey for they.
> >
> >Pratik
>
>
>
>
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