[bksvol-discuss] Re: books already on bookshare needing fixing up
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2006 16:49:07 -0800 (PST)
I, too, have a list of things that need fixing, when
and if I ever finish with books on the download list
that have been there forever, or are marked Fair. But
it doesn't help the collectin when books that have
been fixed sit in the administrators' queue forever.
In addition to the Fair book I perfected, there are 7
other BSO books in the queue, based on the last
MArissa's List--which was over a month ago, so it may
not be totally accurate. But I check the collection
every day to see if books I've done are in the
collection, and there are still two from last fall
that are not. These two are books that were
reqested--one a validation of a rescan of a Fair book
that is in the collection, and one a validation of a
book that had been, I think, on the Wish list and was
in poor shape that had also been requested.
Cindy
--- Julie Morales <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I know all of that, E, but it's a good thing to
> point out to those who may
> not. There have been a few titles I've mentioned
> here that could use some
> fixing up, and I've made notes of them myself so if
> I'm ever in a position
> to rescan them, I can do that. Some of the books
> I've read have had missing
> text at the ends of lines and all kinds of stuff
> that would benefit more
> from a complete rescanning rather than just a fixing
> up. I read my books
> using a Braille Lite and download the BRF files, so
> I can't fix those up.
> The ones that aren't bad, I just correct as I go for
> my own purposes, but
> the ones that really need fixing up, I do make a
> note of it and have
> mentioned it here. Take care.
> Julie Morales
> Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is our
> gift to Him.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2006 11:46 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] books already on bookshare
> needing fixing up
>
>
> You can always correct the .html version of a book
> which exists on
> bookshare and re-submit it putting BSO in the
> submission. Some of the
> stuff on bookshare is shamefully messy. If you do
> not have time to fix up
> a book, please comment with specifics including the
> book title on this list
> so someone can fix it up.
>
> E. z
> At 12:13 AM 3/11/2006, you wrote:
>
> >Hi, Bud. You know, I've learned a lot from this
> list, too, and I think
> >that's one of the many great things about it. We
> can't possibly experience
> >everything there is out there ourselves, so it's
> nice to learn from what
> >other people have experienced so when something
> like that does happen to
> >us,
> >we can draw on what others have said worked for
> them. I know I've raised my
> >standards for my submissions just by reading what
> other people do, and not
> >only that, but reading books from the site and
> thinking if I submitted that
> >book, what could I have done to make it better? No,
> I don't analyze every
> >book from Bookshare that I download that way, but
> when I do download a book
> >that has consistent errors or things missing, I do
> think about that, so I
> >think experience is the best teacher, but it's nice
> to have this list so we
> >can learn from each others' experiences. Take care.
> >Julie Morales
> >Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is our
> gift to Him.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Bud Schwab" <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 9:56 PM
> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: spell checking
> >
> >
> >Thanks Julie,
> >
> >I appreciate all your comments and I hope it will
> inspire others as
> >well as myself to try to submit more usable
> material. It's too badd
> >there isn't a list of directions and suggestions
> for beginners who
> >are starting to submit books. I just sort of
> learned by belonging to
> >this list and just using my common sense.
> >I'll keep trying to improve the submissions so the
> validator won't
> >have so much work.
> >
> >T T Y
> >
> >BudLAt 12:37 PM 3/4/2006, you wrote:
> > >Hi, Bud. The important thing is that as a
> submitter, you're willing to
> > >learn
> > >and improve what you do. I think it's true of at
> least almost all of us
> > >that
> > >our earlier submissions might not have been as
> good as what they are now.
> > >That could be a software thing, but I think more
> likely, it's that, as we
> > >scan books and get more involved with Bookshare,
> we raise our standards
> > >and
> > >just submitting the bare minimum is no longer
> good enough for most of us.
> > >As
> > >long as you're open to suggestions and learning
> how to improve what you
> > >do,
> > >you'll never be perfect, but you're learning and
> improving and that's the
> > >important thing. <smile> Take care.
> > >Julie Morales
> > >Life is a gift from God. What we do with it is
> our gift to Him.
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Bud Schwab" <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 6:30 PM
> > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] spell checking
> > >
> > >
> > >Hi Guys,
> > >
> > >I've been submitting books for about thrree years
> now. I was never
> > >given any rules or guide lines when I first
> started so just thought
> > >that scanning and submitting was all there was to
> it. Recently I
> > >have started using the rank speller in Kurzweil
> and find a lot of
> > >corrections to make. Maybe the word should go out
> to submitters that
> > >spellchecking is part of the submitting. It
> takes a long time to do
> > >a book of any size with spellchecking but I'm
> sure it would be
> > >appreciated by the validators.
> > >
> > >
> > >Bud Schwab
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