[bksvol-discuss] Re: How to correct errors in books in the collection
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 15:57:16 -0700 (PDT)
Like page numbers are always present when a book is
scanned? Not!! smile
Cindy
-- Even if
> page breaks are retained, there is still the
> question of page numbers.
>
> Pratik
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of E.
> Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 4:22 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How to correct errors
> in books in the collection
>
> I do not mean that. I mean I am downloading a daisy
> format book and
> asking the unpack tool to create a html file. I
> then open the html
> file in k1000 (never in word or ie) and save as rtf.
>
> E.
> At 03:48 PM 6/6/2007, you wrote:
> >E,
> >
> >If you mean that you're downloading a DAISY file
> through a browser,
> >creating an HTML file when unpacking it with the
> Bookshare's Unpack utility,
> >and opening up the HTML file in K-1000 and
> converting to RTF, then I don't
> >see how the page breaks would be there since HTML
> doesn't support page
> >breaks.
> >
> >Are you sure you don't mean DAISY instead of HTML?
> If you are downloading
> >the DAISY file through K-1000 and converting to
> RTF, then I believe that
> >preserves the page breaks because K-1000 can find
> the page break info in
> >the NCX file, but drops the page numbers due to a
> diffence in how Bookshare
> >and KESI stores the page number info in that same
> file. BTW, downloading
> >the DAISY file through a browser, opening it up in
> K-1000 and converting to
> >RTF would give the same results since the only
> difference is how you
> >download the book.
> >
> >Gerald
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of E.
> >Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 2:17 PM
> >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How to correct errors
> in books in the
> >collection
> >
> >Gerald, if I download a html file and save it to
> rtf in kurzweil, my
> >experience is that page breaks stay in. What am I
> missing?
> >I do this to read a book from the collection in rtf
> on my
> >brailllenote all the time and page breaks have
> stayed in.
> >
> >E.
> >
> >
> >At 01:18 PM 6/6/2007, you wrote:
> > >Page breaks. That's why HTML was dropped from
> the submission formats. It
> > >doesn't support them.
> > >
> > >HTH
> > >
> > >Gerald
> > >
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of E.
> > >Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 12:12 PM
> > >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How to correct
> errors in books in the
> > >collection
> > >
> > >Just out of curiosity, it I take a html file from
> > >bookshare, import it into k1000 and save as rtf
> > >which of the things mentioned in your message do
> I lose?
> > >
> > >E.
> > >At 01:06 PM 6/6/2007, you wrote:
> > > >Hi everyone,
> > > >
> > > >Here's our summary of the process for
> correcting books with bad content -
> > > >the issue we were discussing on the list for
> the last couple of days.
> > > >
> > > >Bookshare.org is now requesting that books be
> rescanned if a volunteer
> > > >wishes to improve a book in the collection.
> Here's why:
> > > >
> > > >After reviewing the various options for
> converting books in the
> >collection
> > > >to one of the formats required for submission,
> it has been determined
> >that
> > > >unfortunately, there is no way to convert a
> book already in the
> >collection
> > > >to a submission format without an unnacceptable
> reduction in the
> >subsequent
> > > >quality of the books navigation.
> > > >
> > > >Depending on which option would be used, the
> resulting file will be
> >missing
> > > >page breaks or page numbers, and it may be
> missing formatting such as
> >bold,
> > > >italic, underlining or text size. Since the
> loss of quality could be as
> > > >much, if not more, than the quality gained by
> cleaning up the text,
> > > >Bookshare.org has decided that it is in the
> best interests of its members
> > >at
> > > >this time for books to be rescanned if a
> volunteer wishes to improve the
> > > >quality of a book.
> > > >
> > > >Thanks, Lisa and the Bookshare.org team
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