[bksvol-discuss] We Borrow the Earth
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 23:24:51 -0700 (PDT)
I haven't seen that book, but I have seen some other
books where the scan had lots of errors. Often the
problem is the difference in contrast between the
typeface and the paper, and/or the size and kind of
font. Cass Timberlane, for example, uses a very small
font and because the book is old--1945--and a wartime
book, there are a lot of words on a page, the contrast
isn't that great. Shelley says the paper of the books
she's sending me is somewhat yellowed, and I suspect
that's the cause of scannos. For some reason, though,
that I don't understand, people have noticed a lot of
errors in LP books, especially with fractured lines,
parts of which show up further down the page or
sometimes on the next page.
Cindy
-- Gary Petraccaro <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Has anyone sighted seen the book's typeface to give
> some idea why it was misinterpreted?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: E.
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Sunday, August 21, 2005 8:13 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Computer millionaire
> killed in air crash
>
>
> Someone asked about the book I am currently
> validating. It is We Borrow
> the Earth: An Intimate Portrait of the Gypsy
> Shamanic Tradition and Culture
> Patrick Jasper Lee
>
> This is the one where v is mis-scanned as u and
> other letter combinations
> similarly miss-scanned. It started life as 95.5
> accurate and I got it up
> to 99%. That does not count errors k1000 would
> not catch like 1 for
> I. This book is fascinating but fixing it up has
> been out of the ordinary
> to say the least. This is the book which got me
> thinking about a utility
> to substitute letters in mis-recognized k1000 rank
> spelling list.
>
> E.
>
>
>
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