[bksvol-discuss] Re: validation question
- From: "Gerald Hovas" <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 08:10:21 -0500
Rebecca,
You'll get the best results by reading the book all the way through and
cleaning up as you go. Bookshare can't enforce this, , however, so there's
no requirement for it. As you read in the instructions, Bookshare does ask
that you at least check the end of the file to make sure it ends in a
complete sentence.
As for which characters to remove, that's hard to say without using
examples. You'll get a feel for that as you gain experience, though.
Not sure what you mean by numbers on the copyright page unless you're
talking about the sequence of numbers which is normally found near the
bottom of copyright pages. It has some significance to publishers and is
usually something like the following: 10987654321, or 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.
Now, as for which software will be more efficient in validating a book, I'd
say that depends on which one you're more familiar with. Both have
advantages and disadvantages. Some of us like the more powerful Search and
Replace found in Word, while others will tell you they can't live without
the Ranked Spelling feature in K-1000.
I encourage you to visit Jake's website and read the tips that volunteers
have posted under the Bookshare Expansion Initiative link. Many of the FAQs
which are not covered by the instructions are answered there.
http://www.jbrownell.com/
HTH
Gerald
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rebecca Ilniski
Sent: Thursday, May 25, 2006 10:13 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] validation question
hi all. I was reading the instructions tonight and it said that a person
was not required to read the book if they didn't want to in order to
validate. If you don't read the book how can one be sure to know whether
it's a pretty cleans? I found excellent ratings but yet there are weird
characters in the books. Also how do you know which characters to remove
and which to keep in? I find there's also a lot of numbers before the
copyright. Any ideas would be appreciated. Also what's the fastest way to
edit a book? I have kurzweil and word.
Rebecca and Seeing Eye dog Sherman
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