[bksvol-discuss] Re: relying in kes' ranked spelling
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 25 May 2007 11:07:51 -0500
Laura,
There are 3 steps to adding a book to the collection:
1. Scanning and Submitting a book
2. Validating the book
3. Approving the book
Some people like to scan and submit only, some people like to validate only,
and some like to do both. It really depends on what you're comfortable
with, and in the case of scanning, whether or not you have a scanner.
The last step must be done by a staff member because it requires someone
with administrator privileges. Jim has said that they've promised the
publishers who sponsored the amendment to the copyright law that no book
will be added to the collection without oversight by a staff member.
Gerald
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Laura Glowacki
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 10:47 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: relying in kes' ranked spelling
So, again I'm a newbie and I have so many questions. I hope you don't mind
that I just reply and ask when they strike me.
Is there separate jobs for each type of thing on bookshare? As in are there
certain people who do just scanning and just validating?
Also, are there people who only do certain steps of the validation process?
I've read the validation instructions and they're pretty vague. What I mean
is that I see under each book that several people have done different things
to the books. So are certain people assigned to do certain things?
Thanks,
Laura
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike and Lori Castner" <mandlcastner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 2:18 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: relying in kes' ranked spelling
> Hi everyone,
> When I hear about the complaint that scanners are paid more than
> validators, I say whoo cares. No one would take a job at either the rate
> for validators or scanners: we do it beccause we are dedicated to
> Bookshare. The system seems to be working, since there is always a big
> selection of books that need to be validated.
> Mike
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 1:08 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: relying in kes' ranked spelling
>
>
>>
>> Hi Cindy,
>>
>> Since you are very thooughtfully speaking in general, it does seem that
>> submitters could take random samples of their scans--i.e., read a couple
>> of
>> pages here and there to see if this problem exists. After all, they make
>> more than we do. <smile> And if submitters find that this problem
>> exists
>> with a lot of their scans, maybe they coould get the problem cleared up
>> before submitting anything else. Just my thoughts.
>>
>> Sue S.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 2:19 AM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] relying in kes' ranked spelling
>>
>>
>> I'm validating a book now that looks very clean. I
>> suspect that if it was checked with kes ranked
>> spelling it would have gotten a very high ranking. But
>> reading it shows that there are many, many errors that
>> wouldn't be identified by the kes ranked spelling or
>> by Word's spell check--things like semicolons where
>> there should be commas and words like lie for like,
>> tune for time, polling for pulling, our for out, end
>> for and, and many more--and I'm only on page 18.
>>
>> Just commenting. I know it's too much to expect
>> everyone who scans to read their books before
>> submission, and I suspect that validators who download
>> a book marked excellent will assume that it is and
>> possibly not read it, either--though I know many of
>> you do. But I think that is why some books that appear
>> excellent aren't really. Running kes ranked spelling
>> or Word's spell-check certainly would get rid of a lot
>> of junk and mis-spelled words, but it's not perfect.
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>> Cindy
>>
>>
>>
>>
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