[bksvol-discuss] Re: my disappointment
- From: james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 06:50:42 -0400
Dear Jill,
I only take books to validate that I am interested in reading. That way, I
know I will be more careful than I otherwise might be. I am sure I still
miss things though. I am most likely to miss things when I get caught up in
the book.
Thanks.
Jim
James D Homme, Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc.,
james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810
"The difference between those who get what they wish for and those who
don't is action. Therefore, every action you take is a complete
success,regardless of the results." -- Jerrold Mundis
Highmark internal only: For usability and accessibility:
http://highwire.highmark.com/sites/iwov/hwt093/
"Jill O'Connell"
<jillocon@hughes.
net> To
Sent by: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
bksvol-discuss-bo cc
unce@xxxxxxxxxxxx
g Subject
[bksvol-discuss] my disappointment
08/06/2008 07:09
PM
Please respond to
bksvol-discuss@fr
eelists.org
I know I'm preaching to the choir here but I guess I hope someone from
Bookshare staff will see this and begin to think how the situation can be
improved. I am presently reading for pleasure Out of the Deep I cry by
Julia
Spencer-fleming. It is a mystery and I highly recommend her books for you
mystery buffs out there. This book has an excellent rating and was scanned,
of course, by the infamous bookshare volunteer. I may be exaggerating a bit
but there is hardly a page in this book that does not have a mistake of
some
type, including such things as die for the, mat for that, etc. etc. My
point
in talking about this is to say that it is obvious that neither the
submitter nor the validator read this book. In my opinion if the submitter
has not read the book being submitted, this should be made clear, then
hopefully only a validator who is interested in reading the book should
take
it. I can understand if someone volunteers to scan a book on the wish list
that they are really not that interested in, but in that case it is even
more important that thevalidator wants to read the book. If no validator
wants to read it including the person who put it on the wish list, then I
would suggest that the book isn't worth being in the colection. I hope some
day I feel like taking the time to rescan this book because I am ashamed
that it will be left on the excellent list otherwise. And, of course, that
means Bookshare will pay $10 instead of $5 to have the book in the
collection. I know this book can't have been in the collection for a long
time by the way it is presented in braille. That means that scanners are
capable of doing a far better job of scanning than is seen here. I
recently
validated a book submitted by Jim Baugh and you know what a great job he
does. I was reading the book along with others and realized I was really
holding up his book too long so I put it through Kurzweil's paces and
submitted it. When I picked it up later as an approved book to finish
reading it, I recorded 22 mistakes that I had missed. That is an acceptable
number even though I feel bad about it but I think it proves how necessary
it is that someone, be it submitter or validator really reads the book from
cover to cover. And now that validators are being paid $2.50 per book, that
means that only twenty books need to be read carefully per year in order to
maintain a free membership. Thank you all for letting me vent and I
sincerely hope that the Bookshare staff can find some way to express these
concerns to those volunteers not on this list. Jill
To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
put 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.
To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
put 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.
Other related posts:
