[bksvol-discuss] Re: question for sighted scanners
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2008 15:00:14 -0800 (PST)
I didn't think it was a criticism, but occasionally a book of mine will slip
through without my usual careful editing, so I assumed that it was one of
those. If there are only a few errors in a bestseller, that's fine, but if it
gets to be more than a handful, please let me know and I'll fix the book. I
REALLY want bestsellers to be as close to perfect as one could reasonably
expect (the key word here being 'reasonably').
About checking for errors, I look for a red wavy line underneath words that MS
Word thinks are errors. If the word is a last name, I click on 'Ignore all' so
that MS Word ignores all instances of the word. The downfall with this system
is when a word is okay with either a t or an r, like cat and car. If MS Word
thinks that the grammar is bad, it'll use a green way line underneath the
offending words, like a sentence fragment. Sometimes I'll catch the t-r
instances by checking grammar problems. I usually skim through every page of
the book, looking for errors. I catch most, but probably not all, of them.
Carrie
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From: Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2008 2:45:29 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question for sighted scanners
My question was in no way a criticism, Carrie. As a
matter of fact I am writing where the errors occur which are really not many,
but I simply got to wondering about this and decided to ask.
----- Original Message -----
From: Carrie Karnos
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Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2008 2:27 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: question for sighted scanners
Which book is it? I'll fix it. Carrie
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From: Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2008 11:47:59 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] question for sighted scanners
I am reading a New York Times scanned book and the most common scanning errors
are the scanner mistaking a T for an R. How would a sighted scanner even be
able to identify this problem since they are not listening to the book or
reading it on a braille display? There must be a simple answer to this that
just hasn't occurred to me. Jill
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