[bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning tools and output formats

  • From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 10:52:36 -0500

Dan and Monica,

If those who submit in Kes want their submissions validated I guess they
will be waiting longer than those who submit in RTF.  I cannot validate in
KES or ARC either.

Sue S.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Monica Willyard" <plumlipstick@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 9:53 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning tools and output formats


> Hi, Dan.  I echo your sentiment here.  There are several books I
> wouldn't mind fixing up that are in kes format.  I think that we as a
> group are beginning to submit more content in rtf format.  Bookshare
> used to really emphasize submitting the scanned files from OCR
> packages because they thought they could save it for re-recognition
> later.  That is still the written policy on the submission area of
> the web site.  As I'm sure you know, in any organization, there is
> policy and then there's the reality of getting things done.  I think
> that we volunteers have found that submitting books in rtf format
> helps to get validations done more quickly and by a wider range of
> people with various computer configurations.  Books in proprietary
> formats seem to linger on the step 1 page since only certain people
> have the tools to process them.  If no one with the tools is
> interested in taking those books, they can get shuffled to the bottom
> of the pile.  Grace and I have been working on some of the Arkenstone
> format books, and I think Mickey has been working on some of the
> books in kes format.
>
>
> Monica
> Visit my blog at: http://plumlipstick.livejournal.com
>
> At Thursday 6/8/2006 08:47 AM, you wrote:
>
> >                 E's comments about Kurzweil made me start to wonder
> > about something.
> >
> >I noticed on the list of books to validate that there are lots of
> >them with formats of KES and ARC.  Do the scanning tools have the
> >ability to convert/save the output into an RTF file?  I'd like to
> >suggest that if they do that perhaps books should be submitted in
> >that format so all of us can have the opportunity to validate any
> >book.  There are a number of books waiting that I'd REALLY like to
> >validate but can't because I can't handle those formats.
> >
> >any thoughts?
> >
> >Dan Beaver
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