[bksvol-discuss] Re: ten validations
- From: Tony Baechler <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 21:31:23 -0700
Hi. That's good for you! That means $5 off your next renewal, and that
always helps. However, I would like to suggest something. I don't mean to
dampen your spirits or anything, but please do a thorough spell check to
remove scanning errors. Some of them can be easily fixed with a search and
replace, like the split words, but often the only way to find scanning
errors is with a full reading through and using a spell checker. In this
regard, I have a custom dictionary for Word that I have developed. It has
both American and British spellings and has greatly helped me lately in
validating. Here are a couple examples of what I mean:
"Erie Stanley Gardner"
The above should be Erle, but the scanner missed it.
1 think 1 should.
The "1" should be "I." This is somewhat common.
So, whc did it?
The "whc" should be "who." This isn't quite so common but still happens.
The other thing to watch for is random punctuation marks which don't really
belong. The way I'm handling them is to replace them with "z" so they show
up as being spelled wrong. Examples are |, *, \, and ^. You have to be
careful though since sometimes they are supposed to be there. Other things
to watch for are "rn" instead of "m." One thing that bugs me is when
someone is talking about, for example, "the modem way." This should
obviously be modern. Another thing is when sites get mangled, like
www.startrek.corn. Since corn is a real word, it's hard for spell checkers
to find it. It's a little funny though in science fiction when people pick
up the corn unit.
Again, I don't mean to be critical and I am not saying that you don't do
these things already, but I hope you don't just fly through the books and
not check for some of these basic things. I personally only read books
which interest me except for kids books. For basic children's books and
some really dry textbooks, I always read them all the way through. Even
with the children's books I read them because they are short. I now always
check for and remove split words. An easy way to do this is to replace
both "^-" and "-^l" in Word with nothing. The first is an optional hyphen,
the second is a dash followed by a newline. My custom dictionary is
available for anyone who wants it, just ask and I'll send you a zip file.
At 11:01 AM 6/14/2005 -0600, you wrote:
I just wanted to tell you all that I have now had ten validations credited
to me. Thanks Gustavo. I know it's not as much as some of you, but this
took a lot of hard work. Unfortunately, I had to reject a lot of books in
the process. Thanks to all your hard work!
Tony Baechler
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