[bksvol-discuss] Re: Fw: A book you validated has been accepted by Bookshare
- From: Melissa Smith <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:17:10 -0600
Good points, Monica. I would add that, checking the book's history is a
good idea. Many scanners will note in the comments that the formatting
has already been done, you may find the submitters email there as well.
For a new prooffer, I wouldn't take a book unless I knew how to contact
the submitter with any questions. Best of luck, Gwen, and if you aren't
sure how to find the book's history, let me know.
Melissa
Monica Willyard wrote:
Gwen, when you're reading a book in Kurzweil, you will hear a sound
when Kurzweil moves from one page to the next. In most cases, this is
where the page break is. In well-scanned books, the page number will
be near the page break, usually immediately after the break since page
numbers are usually at the top of a new page. If you start out working
on books that are scanned by submitters who know how to do their pages
correctly. you can learn how to proofread. You won't have to worry
about page breaks, and you will start to hear the Kurzweil sound to
show you where pages are. I think that's a good place for most new
proofreaders. Larry Lumpkin, Mayrie ReNae, Jamie Yates, Amber W.,
Linda Ragland, Laura Ann Grymes, Jana Jackson, Jim Baugh, Lynn I, and
your husband are all people who consistently submit books that are
easy for new proofreaders to work on. They're also nice people, and
that makes a big difference when you're learning. There are more good
submitters on this list. These happen to be people I've worked with
personally and on more than one project.
Gwen, I think most people are confused when they start proofreading.
It's expected that new proofreaders will need help and that they will
make some mistakes. You don't have to be a computer whiz to do this.
If you can fix scannos in your first few books, that's enough. Over
time you will pick up little tricks that make things easier. And if
you get hold of a book that needs more advanced work than you can do,
you can release it and try again.
We talk about formatting things sometimes. That skill is in the more
advanced skills set and requires some computer knowledge. Asking you
to do that on your first project is like asking a baby to run before
he learns to pull himself up and walk holding onto something.
If you take a book scanned by one of the people I've mentioned, you
can focus on learning how to fix scannos and get comfortable moving
around in Kurzweil. That is a good place for you right now, and
Bookshare needs people like you to get these books into the system.
If I can be of help to you, you can write to me at rhyami@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
Monica Willyard
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