Debbie, The fractions you wrote were fine in speech but didn't show up correctly in braille; the braille translation has always been a big problem and has occurred somewhat on even the cookbooks most carefully done. And for those of us who prefer to read braille, we don't want to have to listen to spoken recipes. Only in desperation do I use a Bookshare cookbook, and thankfully they are beautifully rendered in the NLS cookbooks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debby Franson" <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 8:35 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Credit Suggestion
Hi Jill and everyone! Whenever I have submitted a cookbook, I have made sure all fractions arecorrect. I have wondered how accurate other Bookshare cookbooks were untiljoining this list when I have found that many volunteers take care tocorrect the scanos, since fractions are usually horrible for OCR to get right.The first cookbook I downloaded years ago was "The I Hate to Cook" cookbook. The fractions were not written as 1/2 and 1/4 but the higher ASCII characters for those fractions, so, unless I was left' or right-arrowing over those fractions, Window-Eyes ignored them entirely, soI hope that people always use the 1/2 and 1/4 form of the fractions so theyare read rather than ignored by synthetic speech.. I suspect those higher ASCII characters don't show up well on a braille display either. Am I right? Here they are to test: ¼ ½ Debby At 09:46 PM 5/6/2010, Jill O'Connell wroteI hope you sent your suggestion to the volunteer coordinator where it might possibly do some good. It is really disappointing to download a recipe book and find it virtually unreadable.----- Original Message ----- From: <mailto:mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>Melissa Smith To: <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 7:03 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Credit Suggestion If only the outsourcers did as fine a job as many of the scanners and proofers on this list. I don't know how many books I've read, that were done by the outsourcers, that were poorly done. I do make quality reports when warranted. Not to mention the fact that, I was told a few months ago by Bookshare staff, that the outsourcers wouldn't be working on any more cookbooks. Melissa Smith On 5/6/2010 5:31 PM, Jamie Yates, CPhT wrote:One idea is to let the more complicated books be handled by staff/outsourcers. -- Jamie in Michigan Currently Reading: The BoneMan's Daughters by Ted Dekker Earn cash for answering trivia questions every 3 hours: <http://instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/49497>http://instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/49497 See everything I've read this year at: <http://www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html>www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html---------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.437 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2858 - Release Date: 05/06/10 18:26:00No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2858 - Release Date: 05/06/10 13:26:00-- mailto:<the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> --Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have. Just dreamingabout nice things is meaningless; it is like chasing the wind.--Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLT To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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