According to Claire's message, it's actually 98.6 percent or higher. That evaluation is not done at the time of submission, but at the time of validation. At that time, if the rating is to be upgraded, the validator can - and should - explain why the book should be accepted even though it may qualify as Fair by the automated tools. I think this is what Pratik was saying, although he used the word "submitter" when I think he actually meant "validator".
The question is: Will the Bookshare automated quality analyzer automatically reject the book if it falls below that 98.6 percent rating, regardless of what the validator gives as reasons for the low rating such as lots of foreign words, made up names in fantasy books or whatever. I wonder how many of those kinds of books would still go below that rating if they were excellent scans to begin with. I would imagine that most books should be able to clear this bar without much trouble if they are scanned conscientiously.
Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "robert tweedy" <roberttweedy@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 5:05 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fair Quality Scans: No Longer Accepted
We can choose the rating when we submit but is Bookshare going to leave this alone since they want 98 per cent or higher? I have kurzweil set at 97.5 per cent and the reason being the quality of the print or misspell words.Skype contact bobwichitaks phone 316-524-5454----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 12:07 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fair Quality Scans: No Longer AcceptedI haven't submitted in years, literally. Is that an option for the submitter, too? I still don't have clear in my mind if the quality rating given when books are submitted are given by a bookshare automatic rater or by the submitter. In either case, you all have brought up some problems. I still would like to see no rating until it's given by the validator. That way validators will take books without being misled one way or another and can fairly quickly tell, perhaps, if a book is only Fair, by looking for page breaks and doing a spell-check to see if there are a lot of junk characters or scannos; whether all the pages are there if they aren't numbered would take a little more time, but then the validator could just release the book if he/she didn't want to do more, such as check first and last lines of pages, or decide it looked o.k. to validate. G.Cindy --- Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: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----- Original Message ----- From: SharonTo: 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 -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [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------------------------------------------------------------------------------No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. 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