[bksvol-discuss] Re: Efficient Way To Treat/Include Footnote References

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:36:59 -0700 (PDT)


Kane, what's the book, and how long is it? I like proofing biographies and I 
actually enjoy footnotes. I enjoy putting them in superscript; As sighted 
person I find them much less confusing when reading a book than when they're in 
brackets or on the line above the line of text in regular fonts. I probably 
sounds odd (some of us proofreaders are odd, smile) but I find the file with 
proper footnotes aesthetically pleasing. Some scanners of books I've proofed 
have carefully raised the number to the l line above (format, font, character 
position, raise) then  put in how much in the space. I don't remember what 
they've put there. Maybe .3 or 3. Ican't tell by sight if they are actually on  
the proper line so I change them to superscript; sometimes, too, the scanner 
has forgotten to raise the number  part way through, and sometimes a numeral , 
is too large   2, 8,9 to fit comfortably on the proper line.I've learned to 
make them superscript from the
 beginning rather than leaving what I think is o.k. and then finding I need 
(want) to go back and change them).

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> From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
>Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 4:02 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Efficient Way To Treat/Include Footnote 
>References
> 
>Hi Kane,
>
>You can leave the handling of footnotes for the proofreader, as this is a
>proofreading task technically. However, please don't get rid of your print
>copy of the book until the book has been added to the Bookshare collection.
>The person who chooses to proofread it may need to contact you to verify or
>clarify accuracy of text, and a book with footnotes as you describe is
>likely to spark lots and lots of clarifying questions from a proofreader
>trying to give Bookshare patrons the cleanest and most accurate reading
>experience possible.
>
>I have no idea whether there is a way to change super or subscripted text to
>sit where regular text does when using Kurzweil 1000.
>
>There isn't a quick way to handle footnotes properly to have them read
>accurately for Bookshare submissions.
>
>Sorry I haven't been of more help.
>
>It's great to have you volunteering with us, and thanks for having such
>great attention to details!  That kind of thing is very much appreciated!
>
>Happy scanning.
>
>Mayrie
>
>
>
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>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kane Brolin
>Sent: Saturday, March 17, 2012 12:24 PM
>To: Kurzweil 1000 Discussion List; bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Efficient Way To Treat/Include Footnote References
>
>Hello.  I'm attempting to finish scanning my first-ever Bookshare
>contribution: a nonfiction biographical work that includes a lot of
>citations.  These citations exist primarily in the form of endnotes; but of
>course the numbering of these endnotes is visible throughout each page.  I'm
>trying to figure out an efficient way to mark these up in Kurzweil 1000 so I
>don't have to spend endless time reading the entire book on my PC, placing
>each number citation in the right syntax manually.
>
>When I looked through the Bookshare Volunteers' manual, I found the
>following reference on such citations:
>https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/4.8+C.+Footnotes%2C+Superscripts+and+S
>ubscripts%2C+and+Sidebars.
>It says that square brackets should go around each of these citation
>numbers within the body of the text.  It also says, though, that OCR
>software has a "global drop" feature that can be invoked to cause all
>superscripted text to be lowered visually to the same height as the body of
>the document.  But I don't know how this would work in Kurzweil 1000, or if
>there is any efficient way to adjust or standardize citations of this kind
>that will permit me to complete scanning this accurately without taking a
>whole year to scan this book.  In some cases, I've counted as many as 20
>citations on one page.
>
>Thanks for any advice you can provide.  I've written this to both the
>Kurzweil 1000 discussion list and the Kurzweil Volunteers' discussion list.
>
>Kind regards,
>
>Kane Brolin
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