[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fair Quality Scans: No Longer Accepted
- From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 20:22:17 -0800
Fair Quality Scans: No Longer AcceptedSharon, When a validator uploads a book
and is given its quality rating, he/she has the opportunity at that point to
raise the rating if it is felt that dialects, unfamiliar names, places, etc.
are causing too low a rating. Jill
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From: Sharon
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:04 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fair Quality Scans: No Longer Accepted
I have some questions about this. I'm delighted first of all! But how does
the 98.6-99.3 rating compare to k1000? Also, if we are scanning books with lots
of words that are not in the dictionary, such as books with Greek, Hebrew,
and/or Latin transliterations, proper names, Biblical names, etc., or medical
or psychological terms which are not well known, and we have read the book word
for word, how do we indicate that, and how does that effect the rating? Also, I
routinely add words to k1000 dictionary so my rating would be higher than say
the rating of someone who did not add such words. I am delighted at this
change!
Sharon
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Claire O'Brien
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:57 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fair Quality Scans: No Longer Accepted
Dear Bookshare Volunteers:
In our ongoing effort to raise the quality standard of the reading
experience at Bookshare.org, we are happy to announce that 'Fair'
quality scans will no longer be accepted. We feel that in order to honor
our commitment to offer the best reading experience possible for the
print-disabled community, scanned books must now meet the minimum
quality standard of 'Good' (98.6-99.3% words recognized by our quality
rating and dictionary).
Our collection is largely built from our volunteer community, and we
value the contributions from each of our supporters. We hope that this
decision will improve the Bookshare.org experience for both our readers
and volunteers.
For helpful hints on how to produce better scans, please browse the
following resources:
The Volunteer Manual (soon be renamed the Scanning and Validation
Manual): http://www.bookshare.org/web/VMMain.html
Friends of Bookshare web page: www.friendsofbookshare.org
Jake's web page: www.jbrownell.com/bks/
Sincerely,
Claire O'Brien
Collection Development Manager, Bookshare
Benetech
480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA
claireo@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.bookshare.org
The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity
A Nonprofit Organization
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