[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fair Quality Scans: No Longer Accepted
- From: Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:33:49 -0600
Bravo! Bravo!! Bravo!!!!
Guido
Guido Dante Corona
IBM Research,
Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC)
Austin Tx.
Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
". . . Maybe it was only those who were most certain they were right who
were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just maybe, those who
questioned the most were in the end those who came closest to being wise."
[David Poyer, The Command]
"Claire O'Brien" <claire.o@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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[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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