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

  • From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2012 20:55:26 -0700 (PDT)

I didn't realize the tool preserved subscript and superscript.  Does someone 
have a book suggestion I can look at so I can see how they are handled and if 
they are the same as in Word.  Just curious, you know.  LOL
 Valerie


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> From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sat, March 17, 2012 9:36:59 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Efficient Way To Treat/Include Footnote 
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> 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
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> >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
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> >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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