[bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages.
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 22:21:33 -0800 (PST)
Oh, Cindy Lou! Rest assured that it troubles all the deranged perfectionists
like myself greatly! I hate nothing more than having to leave an editorial
error
in the original print intact. I know there are many, many dedicated volunteers
who share likewise frustration, but we don't want to jeopardize the efforts of
so many because of a strict interpretation of the Chaffee amendment.
Please reconsider…
Valerie
Keep up with Nichole's recovery:
http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples
>
>From: Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Wed, February 15, 2012 9:15:15 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages.
>
>Well, I will withdraw as a volunteer then because there is no way I won't make
>intelligent changes if I know they need to be. I've been proofreading for a
>while, and I can't volunteer if I can't make such changes.
>
>
>Cindy Lou
>
>
>On Feb 15, 2012, at 8:59 PM, Pamela Hoffard wrote:
>
>Hi Bookshare Friends,
>>
>>
>>I am concerned as Scott Rains had made this quite clear in the past: If we
>>change the text of a book that is not a regular "scanning" error or
>>sanctioned
>>by Bookshare, we may LOSE the opportunity to help many other people be able
>>to
>>read accessible books. I understand that leaving words that don't make sense
>>goes "against the grain" in our minds, but this quite important. I beg you
>>to
>>follow the manual and what is passed on to us by Mayrie and Alisa!
>>
>>
>>Your concerned friend,
>>
>>
>>Pam Hoffard
>>
>>
>>
________________________________
From: Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 7:47 PM
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages.
>>
>>
>>When I do proofread Braille, I will fix something like that because it can
>>cause
>>confusion. If it is obvious, I'll change it partly because in a way if I
>>don't
>>it will reflect on me. People assume we made the errors, not the book
>>editors.
>>
>>
>>Cindy
>>
>>
>>On Feb 15, 2012, at 6:12 PM, Sue Stevens wrote:
>>
>>Yes. Once I saw rime, when the word was obviously time. I checked on
>>books.google.com, and the word was written as rime there as well. It didn’t
>>make sense, and I confess to changing it to time. I know that when I was a
>>student I would have really scoffed at rime instead of time.
>>>
>>>Sue S.
>>>
>>>From: Cindy
>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 5:13 PM
>>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages.
>>> EScellent point, Sue. We ought to be allowed to change scannos even if
>>> the
>>>errors are in the print book, since I assume it is the author's words we
>>>don't
>>>want to change, not publishers' mistakes, if the book has not been edited
>>>well;
>>>maybe m y assumption is incorrect.
>>>Cindy
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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From: Sue Stevens <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 2:58 PM
>>>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Well, you know, I don’t get it. Some things we are allowed tochange,
>>>>even
>>>>though we are told we cannot tamper with books as published; whereas,
>>>>if we
>>>>see a scanno and it is in the print book, we cannot change it. To me,
>>>>that
>>>>doesn’t sound logical. Why are we allowed to change hyphenated words?
>>>>Don’t
>>>>get me wrong; I have always done that, but I still don’t see the logic.
>>>>
>>>>Sue S.
>>>>
>>>>From: Jamie Yates, CPhT
>>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 4:19 PM
>>>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages.
>>>> I see it all the time when scanning books. Just because word
>>>> processors
>>>>don't do it, doesn't mean books don't do it.
>>>>
>>>>--
>>>>Jamie in Michigan
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