[ntnm] Re: Publications delivery and quality feedback
- From: Ari Damoulakis <aridamoulakis@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ntnm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 May 2014 09:07:32 +0200
Hi Isaac
As I remember, you're one of the brains who actually developed the old
software and doc? Well done, I just loved it!
Just one thing, you say the daily newspapers are a bit mixed up, as if
the articles are random. What I think they're doing is rather putting
the file together based on page numbers. Like you I did prefer the way
it was by section.
On 5/8/14, Isaac Porat <isaac@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello
>
> The following summarise my experience with the new RNIB NTNM service.
>
> 1. I find that the website works well. The nature of a web based
> delivery is that the user needs to go through a number of stages, four
> in the current system to get where he wants which takes a bit of time
> but for me it is not a big deal.
>
> 2. I find the lack of date stamp in the newspaper file name a nuisance
> which needs fixing sooner rather than later.
>
> 3. While the old TNAUK propriety '.doc' format did the job (including
> page numbers for those who wanted this information) the emphasis on
> international standards such as HTML and epub is welcome.
>
> 4. The magazines produced with manual extraction / intervention such as
> The New Scientist and BBC Focus are well structured and consequently a
> pleasure to navigate and read.
>
> 4. I find the output of the publications produced by the automatic NLA
> extraction system disappointing.
> These include all the daily, regional and some of the magazines such the
> Economist.
> The section found such as News and Features, repeating themselves makes
> to me little sense; the organization of these publications is
> unfortunately only marginally better than having the articles
> distributed randomly. To my mind producing these publications based on
> sections which are easy to navigate and read should be a top priority.
>
> 6. One of my main interest was the Financial Times newspaper. While it
> is missing from the NLA feed, the feed from the publisher is very good
> and with such important newspaper it is worth the 3,4 days of competent
> programmers time required to incorporate it into your system.
>
> Thanks
> Isaac
>
>
>
>
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