[bksvol-discuss] Re: 550 books in the download queue
- From: "Mary Otten" <maryotten@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 17:58:28 -0500
Ken,
I think there is a middle ground between some unattainable goal of perfection
on one hand, and letting easily fixed errors go on the other, on the grounds
that most of us have been without access to books for much
of our lives. I, for one, will not read a sloppy book with all kinds of junk in
it, which detracts from my ability to follow what the author is saying.
Occasional errors are one thing. Messed up tables are still a fact of life in
many instances. But there is simply no reason to submit a book with blocks of
junk that was the result of a poorly recognized graph, chart, picture, diagram
or other object that does not ocr well or at all. If the book is
worth submitting, its worth taking the time to get rid of the stuff that can be
found by using the tools that the modern ocr progarms put at our disposal.
Mary
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