[bksvol-discuss] Re: Strange Dilemma

  • From: "Susan" <slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:55:43 -0600

That's why I read every book I validate from cover to cover.

Susan
 

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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lori Castner
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 2:53 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Strange Dilemma

I agree with you.  These errors could be easily corrected now that we are
aware of them, but correcting them to me is not worth a rescan and
revalidation.

Lori

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Sent: Friday, February 15, 2008 12:37 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Strange Dilemma


> Hi,
> These kinds of things are why I would like to ask that BSO's that don't
> have to be scanned and will not change pagination be allowed. I don't know
> how we would prove that it was that type though.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim
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> James D Homme, , Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc.,
> james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810
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> "it is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis." --
> Margaret Bonnano
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> Hi, Everyone,
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> I am reading T is for Tresspass by Sue Grafton; I downloaded the book from
> bookshare.
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> In the book, many letter t and letter f are misrecognized as the letter l.
> This confusion occurred about fifty times.
>
> So, wait reads as wail, state as slate finger as linger to as lo.  Those
> are the most common errors, but all of these errors resulted in
> recognizable words.
>
> Thus a spellcheck of the book or its review by the Bookshare tools when
> ranking the validated copy at upload would not catch these errors.  Thus,
> these misrecognitions fell between the cracks.
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> The only way that these errors would be caught would be if a validator 
> read
> the book word for word.
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> I do not think the problem is so great that a resubmit is necessary.  I am
> simply making an observation about a problem that would be difficult to
> solve and I am just puzzling over that dilemma.
>
> Cat Lover Lori
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