Good idea. Do you make corrections as you go and before you submit? That certainly will make the validation eaier and go faster. smile G.Cindy --- Eric Troup <yakkoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Okay. It's a finished scan, but I'm still reading > it, and I make it a > policy to not submit a bok to Bookshare till I've > read it myself. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 4:18 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Please don't kill me > > > >I read the reviews at Amazon.com and it sounds like > a > > fun book, but it's so new--just published in > February, > > that none of my libraries has it yet. However, > when > > you're finished scanning, submit it with a hold > for me > > and I'll validate it when I get the book. No > hurry, as > > I have the Princess books and others to do first. > > > > G.Cindy > > > > --- Eric Troup <yakkoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> The book is called "The Automatic Detective," by > A. > >> Lee Martinez. It's > >> about a robot who becomes a detective in order to > >> find his kidnapped > >> neighbors, the closest thing he has to family. > It's > >> great so far, very > >> "pulpy." > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 3:27 AM > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Please don't kill > me > >> > >> > >> > What is the book? If it interests me, I'll take > it > >> at > >> > some point, but not for a while because I have > too > >> > many lined up to do at the moment, i.e., my > five > >> > downloaded and some promised. > >> > > >> > If I decide to do it you can put hold for me > and > >> put > >> > in the comments that it needs a sighted > validator. > >> > > >> > G.Cindy > >> > > >> > --- Eric Troup <yakkoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > > >> >> Well, I just scanned a book using the demo of > >> >> OpenBook 8. Apparently, it defaults to using > an > >> OCR > >> >> recognition language called "Omnipage with > >> Two-way > >> >> Voting." I scanned an entire book, thinking > from > >> >> the text that was being read back to me that > it > >> was > >> >> fine. Once I started deleting headers and > such, > >> I > >> >> came to a realization: Omnipage with two-way > >> voting > >> >> (whatever the hell that means) recognizes > >> characters > >> >> quite well ... but paragraph formatting is > almost > >> >> nonexistent! I mean, hardly any paragraph > breaks > >> at > >> >> all! > >> >> > >> >> Since the text is so clean, I reeeeeeeally > don't > >> >> want to have to rescan it with Finereader > which > >> I'm > >> >> sure would keep the paragraph breaks. I > already > >> >> scanned another book using Finereader with > >> Openbook > >> >> 8, but I guess somewhere my settings got > switched > >> >> back to default. > >> >> > >> >> If I submit this book, will it be rejected due > to > >> >> lack of paragraph breaks? <Sigh> I am a bit > at > >> a > >> >> loss. > >> >> > >> > > >> > > >> > ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE > >> BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS > >> > AVAILABLE AT > >> > > >> > > > http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm > >> > http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ > >> > > >> > > > http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm > >> > > >> > A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS > >> AVAILABLE AT > >> > > >> > > > http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html > >> > > >> > Jake's site for useful links: > >> http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > >> > Looking for last minute shopping deals? > >> > Find them fast with Yahoo! 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