I've scanned a few dozen SF and Fantasy books so far with autocorrect turned on, and I read through them before submitting them. I'm sure I would notice if the were any issues with made up names, but I haven't so far. Of course, it may alter a made up name occasionally into what it thinks is a more likely word if it isn't sure what it's seeing, but that can happen with words in general when it tries to guess what a word is when it isn't sure. But I haven't observed it changing made up names into "real" words as a general rule.
I am planning to scan a book in the near future with some sections written in a phonetic style, and I'm thinking of turning autocorrect off for that. But I don't believe it has caused me any real problems with SF and Fantasy books in general and I plan to keep using it.
Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, November 15, 2008 2:59 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: k1000 apply corrections was Re: Re: Validation
Hi, Bob. I think this is probably the issue where there is the mostdisagreement among frequent submitters. I think both sides of the issue have merit and hope I will describe how I do things without making anyone else'sway sound wrong. I always use the correction tool. The Kurzweil default corrections file has been developed to focus on fixing obvious scannos. Ihave added some scannos that I see often, making sure I don't correct words that shouldn't be. For example, I have a correction for the scanno cornpanyto be replaced with company. I scan books from 3 genres, none of which isscience fiction. So the chances are very good that cornpany is not going tobe someone's name. On the other hand, I can't use the corrections file forthe word die to be replaced with the because die is a real word and is oftenused correctly in books. So while the tool has the potential to cause trouble, it can also do a lot of heavy lifting for you if you tend to scanbooks within specific genres or by certain publishers. If you work on a widerange of books or scan a lot of science fiction or fantasy books, you may want to leave the correction tool turned off because of the made-up words commonly found in those genres. If you are reading this and use Openbook, there are a few corrections you might want to delete from Openbook's default correction list. This only applies to Openbook. Remove the tom for torn, glock for clock, modem for modern, and bum for burn entries because they actually replace legitimate words.I usually scan mysteries, business books, and nonfiction. Here is a list of my favorite corrections that save me time. Openbook users can use these too.Tbis for this Cbapter for chapter Diere for there Diemselves for themselves Dirough for through Dioroughly for thoroughly Tuming for turning Buming for burning Cornpany for company Cornfortable for comfortable Thc for the Tbe for the Diink for think Thcse for these I hope this is helpful. Please speak up if this seems confusing or if you think I missed something important. Monica Willyard "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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