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). TinyURL.com/752cyrs >________________________________ > 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 > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >[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 >To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put 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. > >To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put 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. > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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.