[bksvol-discuss] Re: Shelley; regarding A Dog To Trust: The Saga of a Seeing-Eye Dog
- From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:22:39 -0500
I wish I wasn't so broke, I would just buy it. I could buy with shipping for
under $8, and then donate it to the local library, but I've invested so much
in children's books that I can't justify it just for that purpose. Smiles.
You are right, however, it'll drive me nuts until I know. Like I said,
unfortunately I submitted it as-is, but I'm sure they would allow me to
upload an improved version if we knew it was missing something like that. It
is amazing how much the scanners do miss, and it is wonderful if a volunteer
scanner hangs onto the files in case a sighted person can augment the text
in an appropriate and allowable fashion, not to mention something more
essential that was originally here for sighted readers in particular.
Thinking about kids with dyslexia and organizational print difficulties, a
table of contents is almost essential. If you have a child with low vision
and learning disabilities is absolutely critical.
Thanks for understanding my convoluted description. I just wanted to do my
books justice.
Take care!
Valerie
Please pray for Doug's Dad & visit his website:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billkoonce
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-
> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mayrie ReNae
> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 1:14 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Shelley; regarding A Dog To Trust: The
> Saga of a Seeing-Eye Dog
>
> Hi Valerie!
>
> You are right that some pages just don't scan, even if they have
> stuff on them, especially if that stuff is in some weird font, or
> italicized. Italicized text seems to be the absolute worst for
> recognition
> engines to recognize properly! I wonder if someone could get the book
> from
> their library and check for you? Then you could rest easy knowing one
> way
> or the other. I know things like that just stay on my mind and bug me
> if I
> don't know.
>
> Mayrie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie
> Maples
> Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 11:08 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Shelley; regarding A Dog To Trust: The
> Saga of
> a Seeing-Eye Dog
>
> Hi, Mayrie!
>
> Not even a cover graphic on Amazon, unfortunately. I am almost 100%
> certain
> it was there, just not recognized as text, but I went and submitted it
> without and will offer a re-do if someone says it can be there. The
> number
> and location of numbered blank pages make it very likely it was there,
> just
> not appropriately recognized.
>
> I was impatient and just sent it in. LOL
>
> Take care!
>
> Valerie
>
> Please pray for Doug's Dad & visit his website:
>
> http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billkoonce
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-
> > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mayrie ReNae
> > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 9:48 AM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Shelley; regarding A Dog To Trust: The
> > Saga of a Seeing-Eye Dog
> >
> > Hi Valerie,
> >
> > Is this a book that you can look inside of on Amazon? Perhaps
> you
> > could look and see what you can find. That might help.
> >
> > Mayrie
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie
> > Maples
> > Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 10:29 PM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Shelley; regarding A Dog To Trust: The
> > Saga of a Seeing-Eye Dog
> >
> > Hi, Mayrie!
> >
> > I am kind of wondering if it might have been one of the multiple
> blank
> > pages early in. The credits thank someone for sketches and I know my
> > scanner doesn't always zone things right if images are mixed in with
> > text, thus if my OCR software is set to text only, it will say there
> > is no recognizable text, even though I clearly see it in the first
> > window prior to analyzing.
> > Not sure if that makes sense. For example, pages one and two are
> > blank and an unnumbered page before them. IOW, I am thinking there
> > was a TOC not recognized for one of many reasons.
> >
> > Sorry, I probably do not come across clearly!
> >
> > Valerie, just loving these challenges, but wishing I had a hard copy
> > in front of me.
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-
> > > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mayrie ReNae
> > > Sent: Sunday, August 30, 2009 12:21 AM
> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Shelley; regarding A Dog To Trust:
> The
> > > Saga of a Seeing-Eye Dog
> > >
> > > Hi Valerie,
> > >
> > > It's fine and preferable that you add Chapter 1 or One whichever
> > it
> > > was, (sorry, didn't check my braille display, only listened), if
> the
> > > book obviously had that in it.
> > >
> > > As to the table of contents that you want to add? I don't think
> > that
> > > would be all right. We're not supposed to change the text content
> > > of books except to add proofreaders notes in brackets[] to tell the
> > > reader that something is a caption, or to describe a table, chart,
> > > or picture.
> > >
> > > Sorry about that. I hate to be the bringer of unfun news.
> > >
> > > Mayrie
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie
> > > Maples
> > > Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 8:42 PM
> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Shelley; regarding A Dog To Trust:
> The
> > > Saga of a Seeing-Eye Dog
> > >
> > > Dear Shelley or others;
> > >
> > > It appears, and having scanned over the chapter headings, that
> there
> > > probably was originally a designation of chapters above the chapter
> > > title. I am taking that I have the liberty of saying Chapter One,
> > > Chapter Two, etc.
> > > above each chapter title since it is my impression that they were
> > > there from some partial words appropriately above some chapter
> > titles?
> > > Also, I know we are not supposed to add anything, but I would feel
> a
> > > whole lot better if I was allowed to construct a table of contents.
> > Is
> > > there any latitude allowing me to do that? I'm making one for
> > > myself, anyway, just to help navigate. I really appreciate
> everyone's
> help!
> > >
> > > Take care!
> > >
> > > Valerie
> > >
> > > Please pray for Doug's Dad & visit his website:
> > >
> > > http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/billkoonce
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-
> > > > bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes
> > > > Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 9:28 PM
> > > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Shelley; regarding A Dog To Trust:
> > The
> > > > Saga of a Seeing-Eye Dog
> > > >
> > > > Hi Valerie, on the copy I had there were no table of contents.
> > > >
> > > > Honestly I don't know what to do. I do know that there should be
> > no
> > > > extra blank pages and that the ones that are there should be.
> > > >
> > > > What they should be I am not quite sure.
> > > >
> > > > Smile.
> > > >
> > > > But nope it didn't come with a table of contents which I thought
> > was
> > > > strange at the time.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 8:20 PM
> > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Shelley; regarding A Dog To Trust: The
> > > > Saga of a Seeing-Eye Dog
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Sorry I am writing to the list about this, I couldn't find
> > > Shelley's
> > > > > e-mail address.
> > > > >
> > > > > Shelley I am finally getting more deeply into A Dog To Trust:
> > > > > The
> > > > Saga of
> > > > > a
> > > > > Seeing-Eye Dog, and I was wondering if you had the book or your
> > > > original
> > > > > scans to know if there was a table of contents. A lot of the
> > > > numbering is
> > > > > missing and I wanted to ensure that pages were correctly
> > numbered.
> > > > There
> > > > > are
> > > > > also numerous blank pages, sometimes consecutively, and it was
> > > > uncertain
> > > > > if
> > > > > they were pictures, or true blank pages. It helps me to
> paginate
> > a
> > > > book
> > > > > when
> > > > > I have a table of contents and I can number the chapter title
> > > > > pages
> > > > and
> > > > > work
> > > > > from there. I hope that makes sense. Smiles.
> > > > >
> > > > > Have a great day!
> > > > > Valerie
> > > > >
>
>
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