[bksvol-discuss] Re: Problem with Open Book
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2010 00:04:05 -0700 (PDT)
All right. If everything else is perfect and I don't have to proof it
ask Carrie to put it on the download list with a hold for me and I'll fix that
problem.--orput in the comments section that the proofer can proof it but can
leave those end-of-line symbols and then ask Carrie to put it on the download
list for me to fic them.
Cicndy
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, 4/6/10, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Problem with Open Book
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 7:47 PM
> No, I do not have Word. I think you
> are talking about that 27 step process and that is what I
> was unable to accomplish because I do not have the right
> equipment. Besides the guy I was talking to from Bookshare
> said that is not an ideal solution either because it only
> eliminates about 80 to 90 per cent of the unwanted breaks.
>
>
> _ _ _
>
> "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one
> fewer god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss
> all the other possible gods, you will understand why I
> dismiss yours"
> Stephen Roberts
>
>
> The Militant:
> http://www.themilitant.com
> Pathfinder Press:
> http://www.pathfinderpress.com
> Granma International:
> http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2010 9:00 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Problem with Open Book
>
>
> If I understand you, your scans come out as ark files. Can
> you convert them to Word/ Then you can save them
> rtf files.
> I can tell you how to get rid of the paragraph symbols at
> the end of the lines in Word, in one fell swoop, if you are
> careful. It it's what I did for a couple of your books when
> Carrie put them on the download list for me to fix
> 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, 4/6/10, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Problem with Open Book
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 5:05 PM
> > Some of you will remember that quite
> > some time ago I had a problem with my Open Book 6 such
> that
> > it was inserting paragraph breaks after every single
> line in
> > my scans. After getting various suggestions on how to
> stop
> > it and after none of them worked I finally gave up and
> just
> > submitted them that way while placing a note in the
> comments
> > section asking the proofreader to remove them. Since
> last
> > night and into today I have been in telephone and
> email
> > contact with both Bookshare and Freedom Scientific
> technical
> > support. What it comes down to is that my solution is
> no
> > longer exceptable. A lot of proofreaders have the
> same
> > problem that I have in not having the software or
> expertise
> > that allows those breaks to be easily removed and
> others
> > either do not understand the problem or do not read
> the
> > comments and submit what they think is a perfectly
> good
> > proofed book and it has to be sent back. Even when a
> proofer
> > uses the 27 step process described in the manual, that
> is
> > not an ideal solution either. I have been told that
> for one
> > thing it is an advanced technique that is beyond some
> > proofers and for another thing it really only removes
> maybe
> > 80 to 90 per cent of the unwanted breaks. What it
> comes down
> > to is that I am going to have to solve the problem by
> either
> > upgrading my software -- an expensive prospect that I
> would
> > like to avoid -- or find a solution within my current
> > software or else quit scanning and go back to
> proofreading.
> > Even if it is a bit more work I prefer scanning
> because that
> > way I am more likely to get to work on something I am
> > actually interested in. When I skim the checkout list
> it is
> > clear that most of you do not entirely share my
> tastes.
> > Right now I would like to ask a couple of questions.
> First,
> > since people come and go here I want to ask if there
> is
> > anyone present now who knows how to make Open Book
> stop
> > this. I doubt that I will get a satisfactory answer to
> that
> > one because Freedom Scientific technical support today
> knew
> > of no such settings either. Secondly, let me describe
> the
> > next step that I have worked out with a certain
> Bookshare
> > employee. The next step is that I should scan
> something in
> > RTF rather than ARK and converting it. Now, once, a
> long
> > time ago, I had the idea that since I had to convert
> it to
> > RTF anyway I would just scan it that way in the first
> place.
> > There was some kind of problem with that which I
> don't
> > remember, but whatever it was I decided that it
> wouldn't
> > work. Now I am trying again and I don't remember how.
> I went
> > into my settings and changed the default format to RTF
> and
> > then I created a new blank document, but when I looked
> at it
> > it had an ARK extension. I went ahead and scanned a
> few
> > pages into it and they still had the line break
> problem. I
> > then converted it to RTF and it still had the line
> break
> > problem. I then created a new document that turned out
> to
> > have an ARK extension too and converted it to RTF
> while
> > there was nothing in it. I then had a blank document
> with an
> > RTF extension. I scanned a few pages into that and it
> still
> > had the same problem. The guy at Bookshare said that
> he
> > didn't really think that constituted scanning in RTF,
> so he
> > asked me to ask the list how I could scan in RTF. Once
> I do
> > so I am supposed to email the result to him. So, does
> anyone
> > know how to do that? And let me add one more question.
> How
> > much does it cost to upgrade to the latest version of
> Open
> > Book and, if I went for Kurzweil instead, how much
> would
> > they cost if I already have Open Book 6? I would hate
> to go
> > that route because, even though I have added a few
> reasons
> > for volunteering since I started, including that I
> just
> > enjoy it, the main reason for becoming a volunteer in
> the
> > first place was to accumulate credits and defray the
> cost of
> > a subscription. I really don't have a lot of money to
> play
> > with.
> >
> >
> > _ _ _
> >
> > "I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe
> in one
> > fewer god than you do. When you understand why you
> dismiss
> > all the other possible gods, you will understand why
> I
> > dismiss yours"
> > Stephen Roberts
> >
> >
> > The Militant:
> > http://www.themilitant.com
> > Pathfinder Press:
> > http://www.pathfinderpress.com
> > Granma International:
> > http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
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