We have missed you, Guido. Do stick around. grin
Thank goodness, too, Pratik is back with us. One can
count on a chuckle, smile or laugh now and then--and
then you two incite others, also, and life is so much
pleasanter.
G.Cindy
--- Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
No, books don't have temperature. it's only the
right angle that boils at
90 degrees.
G.
Guido Dante Corona
IBM Research,
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". . . 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]
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Hi all,
What, Guido, you mean it has to have a "normal
temperature"?
Ann P.
Original message:
> The minimum acceptable accuracy for a 'good' book
is 98.6%. Anything
> less is a candidate for rejection. G.
> 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
<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]
> "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fair Quality Scans:
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> I have never tried that method. What is the
minimum for a book to be
> rated "good" rather than "fair" using the system
you describe?
> E.
> At 07:51 PM 1/15/2008, you wrote:
>> A validator could just take the book to Step 2
and do an abortive
>> upload - that is, upload the book to Step 2
before even beginning to
>> work on it, and then close the browser window
before hitting either
>> of the approve or reject buttons - and get a
recognition figure. If
>> it is below the minimum, then he/she can either
reject at that
>> point, or decide whether it is worth a cleanup to
get it above that
figure.
>> Hopefully, in the not too distant future, books
will be evaluated at
>> submission in a similar manner to that which they
undergo after
validation.
>> Evan
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "E."
<thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 7:37 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fair Quality Scans:
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>>> What is to prevent a submitter just saying the
submit is "good"
>>> instead of "fair" and not improving the quality
of the submit?
>>> There is nothing in the system which judges a
book at time of
>>> submission is there?
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