/G Cindy wrote: Speaking of things being misspelled, whoever downloads ot
is validating Whiskey and Water needs to change the spelling of the word
Whiskey. There should be an e between the k and the y.
DS: Oops! Sorry about that...and I wasn't even drinking!...Honest!
Donna
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grandma Cindy
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:32 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] title misspellings
Speaking of things being misspelled, whoever downloads
ot is validating Whiskey and Water needs to change the
spelling of the word Whiskey. There should be an e
between the k and the y.
G.Cindy
--- Guido C
orona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In "The Brat" the entire book was excellent, except
for the first name of
the author being misspelled in the title page. This
may have been a case
of a submittor being underconfident of his/her
scanning prowess.
Unfortunately the Bookshare engine does not perform
an automated quality
rating at submission time, so the initial rating
remains purely a matter
of the submitter's opinion.
I hope that eventually the submission system will
include a quality
assessment. Furthermore, it may be useful to add
the value "I don't
know" in the initial submission panel's quality
radio button.
Guido
G.
Guido Dante Corona
IBM Research,
Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC)
Austin Tx.
Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
". . . Maybe it was only those who were most certain
they were right who
were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just
maybe, those who
questioned the most were in the end those who came
closest to being wise."
[David Poyer, The Command]
Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
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01/29/2008 11:41 PM
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Subject
[bksvol-discuss] Re: fair books I rejected are back
on step 1 -- The Brat
was unfairly 'faired'
I agree that one needs to look at them, check them
out. I've taken some in which the first few pages
were
pretty bad and I was thinking of rejecting them but
then the book started to be quite
problem-free--until
the last few pages. grin So fixing it wasn't bad.
G.Cindy
--- Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Just finished work on "The Brat". In the end the
> Bookshare processor
> assigned a quality rating of 99.97% or so. Not
bad
> at all for a 'fair'
> book. We should give aledgedly 'fair' books in
the
> queue a chance with a
> once-over before nuking them. G.
>
> G.
>
> Guido Dante Corona
> IBM Research,
> Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC)
> Austin Tx.
> Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
> Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
>
> ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most
certain
> they were right who
> were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just
> maybe, those who
> questioned the most were in the end those who came
> closest to being wise."
> [David Poyer, The Command]
>
>
>
>
> Guido Corona/Austin/IBM@IBMUS
> Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 01/28/2008 01:10 PM
> Please respond to
> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> To
> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> cc
>
> Subject
> [bksvol-discuss] fair books I rejected are back on
> step 1 -- The Brat?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I am working on The Brat. I can't see anything
> wrong with the book. has
> a K1K rating of 99.55%. Repaired author in title
> page. Normalizing page
> headers and reconstructing words split by page
> boundaries. Seems to be
> very high quality OCR job. Am I missing
something?
>
> G.
>
>
> Guido Dante Corona
> IBM Research,
> Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC)
> Austin Tx.
> Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
> Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
>
> ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most
certain
> they were right who
> were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just
> maybe, those who
> questioned the most were in the end those who came
> closest to being wise."
> [David Poyer, The Command]
>
>
>
> "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 01/27/2008 02:01 PM
>
> Please respond to
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>
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> To
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> cc
>
> Subject
> [bksvol-discuss] fair books I rejected are back on
> step 1
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> I rejected several romances with "fair" ratings.
> They are back on
> step 1 with comments by Carrie.
>
>
> the books are
> No buttons or bows
> the brat
> Broken Vows, Mended Hearts
> Second Chances Abound (Wisconsin, Book 3)
> squeeze play
>
> Just letting you folks know in case somebody wants
> to put in all the
> effort it will take to fix up these mysteries. I
> think there is a lot
> of work here though some may find it interesting
to
> fix these up. If
> you have a lot of time, here's your chance to fix
up
> fair scans.
>
> E.
>
>
> At 07:20 PM 1/20/2008, you wrote:
>
> >Bob, if you are experiencing disk space
problems,
> have you
> >considered getting a small external hard drive?
It
> is possible to
> >find them some weeks at about $50 at one of the
> major retailers
> >around the nation. I usually look at
> salescircular.com. here are
> >the listings for TEXAS:
>
><http://salescircular.com/tx/computer/hdiskp.shtml>
> http://salescircular.com/tx/computer/hdiskp.shtml
> >
> >
> >Guido
> >
> >
> >Guido Dante Corona
> >IBM Research,
> >Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC)
> >Austin Tx.
> >Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
> >Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
> >Web:
> <http://www.ibm.com/able>http://www.ibm.com/able
> >
> >". . . Maybe it was only those who were most
> certain they were right
> >who were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe,
> just maybe, those
> >who questioned the most were in the end those who
> came closest to being
> wise."
> >[David Poyer, The Command]
> >
> >
> >
> >"Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >01/20/2008 01:42 PM
> >Please respond to
> >bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >
> >To
> ><bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >cc
> >Subject
> >[bksvol-discuss] Re: Help me with The Rise and
Fall
> of the Third Reich
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Unfortunately, I no longer have the original
> document. It's a big book
> and I
> >have limitted disk space.
> >
> >Sorry.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx>
> >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 12:43 PM
> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help me with The
Rise
> and Fall of the Third
> >Reich
> >
> >
> > > Ok. Whoever validated the Rise and Fall,
would
> you please e-mail me
> > > pages,
> > > Roman numeral 10, 11, and 12? If you kept the
> book that you
> validated,
> > > this
> > > should be an easy task. I'd like to compare
the
> input with the
> resulting
> > > text. I believe I know what's happening but
> would like to confirm. If
> > > you
> > > don't have the text available, please let me
> know and I'll contact
> Claire.
> > > I'll write a separate message regarding what
> happens with Kes and
> Braille.
> > > There have been more than 60 messages on this
> topic in the last few
> days
> > > and
> > > it might just confuse a lot of people. If you
> have the pages, you can
> > > send
> > > them to me at pratikp1@xxxxxxxxxx There is no
> reason for the list to
> get
> > > involved until I can check this out.
> > >
> > > Regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > Pratik
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > [<mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > On Behalf Of Judy s.
> > > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:19 PM
> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help me with The
> Rise and Fall of the
> Third
> > > Reich
> > >
> > > I've seen it often, where chapters end in the
> middle of the page, and
> a
> > > new
> > > chapter starts on the same page right below
the
> previous chapter's
> ending,
> > > but I
> > > can't recall ever seeing a table of contents
> ending and chapter 1
> > > beginning
> > > on
> > > the same page.
> > >
> > > Judy s.
> > > cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >
> > > Kenneth Cross wrote:
> > >> Just how many books have you validated where
a
> chapter actually began
> on
> > >> the same page where the book's Contents
ended;
> i.e., Contents ends,
> > >> Chapter 1 is indicated, and part of Chapter 1
> begins on that same
> page?
> > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma
> Cindy"
> > > <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 6:35 PM
> > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help me with
The
> Rise and Fall of the
> > >> Third Reich
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> In many print books, such as the book I'm
> validating
> > >>> now, chapters do begin in the middle of the
> page,
> > >>> though I don't see any logical reason for
it.
> I also
> > >>> don't see a reason why chapters have to
begin
> on an
> > >>> odd-numbered, or right-hand (facing the
> reader) page,
> > >>> requiring a blank page preceding it. This is
> as
> > >>> annoying to the sighted reader as it
probably
> is to a
> > >>> blind reader--and a waste of paper.
> > >>>
> > >>> G.Cindy
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> - Chapters will begin on the same page with
> > >>>> the Contents of the book, and most chapters
> begin in
> > >>>> the middle of a page. One would think that
> there
> > >>>> was a better way.
> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: Bob
> > >>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >>>> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 2:50 PM
> > >>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help me
with
> The
> > >>>> Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Okay, this is pretty strange.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> As I said in a previous message I was
using
> > >>>> k1000v10. Others with other software or
other
> > >>>> versions of Kurzweil may find different
> results.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I downloaded the daisy copy of "the rise
> and fall
> > >>>> of the third Reich" and opened it in
> Kurzweil.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> There are random page numbers that do
show
> in the
> > >>>> book, page VII for example. However, most
are
> > >>>> missing. But, Kurzweil is true to the book
if
> you
> > >>>> make allowances for the extra page that
> bookshare
> > >>>> adds in on page two. For example, page 1524
> in the
> > >>>> book was reported on page 1525. So, to find
> out what
> > >>>> page you are on press shift f1 in the book
> and
> > >>>> mentally add the number 1 to whatever k1000
> reports
> > >>>> you are on.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I checked out header avoidance in the
> reading
> > >>>> settings, making sure that header avoidance
> was
> > >>>> enabled. According to the manual, this
should
> report
> > >>>> page headings, but it doesn't.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I swear the page numbers were there when
> the book
> > >>>> was submitted to the bookshare
> administration. I can
> > >>>> only conclude that the stripper took them
> out, or
> > >>>> Kurzweil isn't reporting them.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> I am going to save the book in .txt
format,
> open
> > >>>> it with a good old text editor and see if
> page
> > >>>> numbers and, I hope, page breaks are there.
> But,
> > >>>> don't hold your breath. I'll report it if
> there is
> > >>>> any difference.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Bob
> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From:
> Kenneth Cross
> > >>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >>>> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 12:35
PM
> > >>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help me
> with The
> > >>>> Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Will the daisy tags indicate the actual
> page
> > >>>> number or will those tags reflect the
number
> of
> > >>>> pages, including introductory pages? Any
> way, I
> > >>>> will try that right now.
> > >>>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Kellie Hartmann
> > >>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >>>> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008
12:51
> PM
> > >>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help me
> with The
> > >>>> Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>> If you get the Daisy version, you can
> see the
> > >>>> page numbers in the Daisy tags using the
> Bookmark
> > >>>> list commands. Otherwise, you can use a
> notetaker or
> > >>>> bookport or book courrier if you have one,
> or, if
> > >>>> you need to, you can use Internet Explorer
to
> read
> > >>>> the html version included with the Daisy
> version.
> > >>>> Use the Jaws placemarker commands to make
> bookmarks
> > >>>> or save your place, or convert the file
back
> to txt
> > >>>> with Explorer and put it back in Kurzweil.
> > >>>> Kellie
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >
> >
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