[bksvol-discuss] Re: [SPAM]Re: Send In Those Quality Reports
- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:08:57 -0400
All I know is what it says on the page for the book:
Submitted By:
Daproim Africa
Proofread By:
Daproim Africa
which is exactly what it said when the book was put up the first time. I can
only assume that the same outsourcer did both the scanning and proofreading
as did the original book, although I suppose it is possible that the
scanning was done by Bookshare in-house and the info about who originally
scanned the book was not changed to reflect that. I don't see why that would
be done, though. Usually when a volunteer does a BSO, the new submitter and
proofreader are listed, not the original ones. I don't see why it would be
any different for outsourcers, but I suppose it might be for some reason or
other.
Evan
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From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: [SPAM]Re: Send In Those Quality Reports
Are you sure that the outsourcer did the scan? I am not sure about this,
but it was my impression that the scans are done at the Bookshare offices
with their high speed scanners and that the outsourcers then do the
proofreading.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 5:36 PM
Subject: [SPAM][bksvol-discuss] Re: Send In Those Quality Reports
No, Lindsie did not rescan the book. She works in Collection Development.
The same outsourcer that scanned the book originally did the rescan after
I sent in my report.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Debby Franson" <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 5:23 PM
Subject: [SPAM][bksvol-discuss] Re: Send In Those Quality Reports
Hi Evan!
Did Lindsie Verma scan the book?
What is the process that happens when a book quality report is made? I
have not sent in any.
Debby
At 02:54 PM 3/30/2010, EVAN REESE wrote
Hello Folks,
I know that Roger, and perhaps others whom I've forgotten, have
encouraged the sending in of quality reports when people find problems
in the books they download from Bookshare; but I do not recall that he
ever said whether he checked on a book that was replaced as a result of
one of his reports. Well, I did send in a quality report and I did check
the replacement book, and I can say that the result was impressive.
The book was The Gathering Storm, the twelfth book in the Wheel of Time
series by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson. The book really was an
excellent scan overall, however several proper names were incorrect
either part of the time, or in a couple of cases, every time they
appeared.
For example, the city of Malden was consistently given as Maiden. (This
is one of those issues that couldn't be fixed with a simple search and
replace because Maiden -- with a capital m -- was also used in the
book.) Rand's father's name Tam was given as Tarn about half the time.
And in this version, poor Lews Theren did not call out the name of his
dead wife Ilyena, but rather he called out Hyena instead, every time.
Fortunately, this name doesn't appear a huge number of times, but
although funny in a way, it was a bit horrifying as well, and definitely
jarring to come upon.
Well, I reported all these issues and a couple of others in late
January. I heard back from Lindsie Verma in early March, about five
weeks later. While I do not want to read the Bookshare version of the
book again, 784 pages, (I will read the NLS version when it comes out if
Roy Avers is still reading them), I did a search for every problem I
listed in the report. Since I haven't actually read through it, I cannot
say whether any new issues may have cropped up in this new version. But
so far as I can tell, every one of the quality issues I reported was
eliminated. Maiden is now Malden when it should be, Tam is now Tam all
the time, and Lews Theren is once again calling out the correct name of
his dead wife, Ilyena. The other issues I mentioned in the report seem
to have disappeared as well.
So I encourage everyone to send in those reports when you encounter
quality issues. Make them detailed, give plenty of examples. The
evidence I have is that they are taken seriously. Future readers will
benefit, and the better the quality of books, the better Bookshare looks
as well.
Evan
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