[bksvol-discuss] Re: A proofreading problem to watch out for.
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2009 05:07:19 -0700
HI,
Write to volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx and ask. They'll let you know what
they want done.
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Homme, James
Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 4:23 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A proofreading problem to watch out for.
Hi,
I think this has been addressed before, so please forgive me. I haven't
figured out where it's documented on the site. Right now, I'm reading two
books. One is a publisher quality book, the other isn't. The publisher
quality book has words that are run together. The other has scanner errors.
All of the errors are very small. I could fix them without the book needing
re-scanned and send both books back so that the next person would have a
better experience. All that would need to happens is to replace the XML
file. Is this possible under the new way of doing things?
Thanks.
Jim
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Jim Homme
Usability Services
412-544-1810
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"You can do anything you want to if you put your mind to it" -- Jim Homme
Sr.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mayrie ReNae
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 7:09 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A proofreading problem to watch out for.
Hi Everyone,
A very diligent volunteer pointed out a problem to me with many
books in the bookshare collection. Very often, words that should be
hyphenated "good-looking" or "high-fashion" have a space after the hyphen so
that the word appears as two words with the first followed by a hyphen
followed by a space. Proofreaders who use braille or who read with their
eyes are much less likely to miss reuniting these hyphenated words. I
confess that I too have been missing this problem. Groan! There is not a
find and replace that works with this because, very often, other punctuation
marks scan as hyphens and need to be altered. So, I suggest, after reading
through a book that you are proofreading, that you do a find on hyphen
followed by a space. Check each instance of this and either correct the
improper punctuation, or unite the hyphenated word. It doesn't really take
very long to do, and makes for a much cleaner copy of a book.
Just thought I'd bring this up, since it is not a problem pointed
out by spell checkers, only grammar checkers, and is not apparent when
proofreading using only speech unless you have all of your punctuation
turned on.
Happy proofreading! And sorry there isn't a good way to do a global find
and replace!
Read on!
Mayrie
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