[bksvol-discuss] Re: My Progress As a New Contributor
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 18:28:35 -0800 (PST)
When you submit the book, you can suggest in the comments section that it might
be best proofed by a sighted volunteer who can the book and correct any
problems with foreign spellings. dmile
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Tue, 1/5/10, EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: My Progress As a New Contributor
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 3:32 PM
> Hi Cane,
>
> You shouldn't have to worry about accented letters if you
> go into Recognition settings and tab over to languages.
> You'll find a very large number of languages can be selected
> for recognition.. In the case of this particular book, just
> check French and Spanish, and any words in those languages,
> including their diacritical marks, will come out much
> better. Not necessarily perfect, of course, since OCR isn't
> perfect in English it won't be perfect in any other
> languages; but you should find the accents coming out pretty
> reliably in my experience. Conversely, if you have only
> English checccked, no diacritical marks will be recognized.
> If you want them to appear, you need to check languages in
> which they are used before they will be recognized.
>
> Welcome to volunteering.
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kane Brolin" <kbrolin65@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 5:18 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] My Progress As a New Contributor
>
>
> > Hello. I'm overwhelmed by the thoroughness and
> patience with which
> > all of you have responded to my pagination
> queries. Thanks to your
> > responses, I've gone back and fixed some errors in the
> book I've been
> > scanning, and now the pages in my scan line up with
> the page numbering
> > used in the book itself--and I've prevented Kurzweil
> from deciding in
> > conversion to put in false page breaks. I would
> have been quite upset
> > if I'd not known of how to adjust the conversion
> setting that Mayrie
> > spoke of. In this particular case, the text of
> the story actually
> > begins on Page 3.
> >
> > Since this book is set in nations where non-English
> speech
> > predominates, the other issue I'll be grappling with
> is Kurzweil's
> > treatment of proper names that contain accented
> letters, as in the
> > Spanish first name Augustín, or in the classic French
> spelling of
> > fiancé. I guess I'll cross that bridge when I
> get there; I didn't
> > exactly pick the easiest book to submit, but I did
> pick one I want to
> > read. With a little planning, I guess it will
> work out.
> >
> > -Kane
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