[bksvol-discuss] Re: page breaks in K1000

Grace,

This is a great idea!  I had a folder entitled Tech Tips but unfortunately,
when I deleted some unwanted folders that one was deleted.  It was tips I
was collec ting that people put on this list..  Tiffany Jessen is a good
source for tips as well.  Maybe she would resubmit some of her tips on JAWS
and Word.  <smile>

Sue S.

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From: "Silvara" <silvara@xxxxxxx>
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: page breaks in K1000


> HI Sarah:
>
> I have a suggestion, why don't we create a list of tips for best scanning
> results as well as validating. I will ask Rui to post it on his
> booksharescans page and perhaps Jake won't mind posting it on his page as
> well. So if you want to write something you can. If you'd like we can work
> together on it also.
>
> If anyone wants to write tips you can send it to me and I will make sure
> that posted on Rui's page. I think I still have Donna's post on scanning
> with fine reader. I will include that too.
>
> So what does everyone think? Comments? Suggestions?
>
> Grace
>
> silvara@xxxxxxx
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> From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, October 21, 2005 3:23 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: page breaks in K1000
>
>
> > Different software is not needed.  It is only necessary for people to
> > leave in the page numbers when submitting a book, so a validator is able
> > to confirm that page breaks and page numbers occur as matched pairs.
> > Submitters also need to set their software for two page scanning when
they
> > are scanning books by laying the whole book flat on the scanner.
Scanning
> > software does not ordinarily leave out page breaks, and it has already
> > been determined that the bookshare tools recognize section breaks, like
> > those used by Fine Engine, as page breaks.  They can be changed for a
> > validators convenience to page breaks, but leaving them would be fine as
> > far as bookshare is concerned.  As Gerald pointed out, they are not the
> > same as soft page breaks, which don't exist at all in the saved file.
They
> > are only a product of your Word processor's imagination, or it's printer
> > margin settings if you prefer the technical explanation. :-)
> > Page break loss is usually caused by someone saving the scanned book in
> > TXT format, but it does seem to occasionally happen for some other
reason
> > that no one has been able to explain. :-)
> >
> > More than anything else bookshare seems to need to provide a section of
> > website for their volunteers.  They need to collect resources explaining
> > how to supply bookshare with high quality scans, and how validators can
> > insure what they review is acceptable.  Currently bookshare only
provides
> > a very short document explaining what is acceptable, but giving no hint
> > about how to go about checking those things.
> >
> > I'd be happy to help with that project, but I don't think I am willing
to
> > take the responsibility for explaining standards and techniques on my
own.
> > I could write up some tips and put them on my webpage, but there may be
> > those that would disagree with what I said.  I also don't know how
people
> > would ever know to look there when my page has nothing to do with
> > bookshare.
> >
> > I know bookshare doesn't have the time to provide these resources, but
> > they might at least consider accepting tip pages written by volunteers
and
> > be willing to post them if they find the content of those pages
> > acceptable. Again, I don't know who to suggest this too, and I am far
from
> > the first person to express these thoughts.
> >
> > Sarah Van Oosterwijck
> > Assistive Technology Trainer
> > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
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