[bksvol-discuss] Re: Quandries of an inexperienced proofreader
- From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 26 May 2013 14:51:54 -0500
Hi John!
Marty's suggestion is a very good one. I have used books.google.com many
times to solve scanno quandries. Most of the time, I have had success with
this site. The answers you get back in queries will be text-based, unlike
Amazon peek, which is just graphical.
This is the way I do the books.google.com searches. After going to the
site, I enter the title of the book in quotes as Marty did. Then, when
that comes back, There will be a list of books to choose from, most likely
with your book at the top of the list. Press enter on that link to choose
that book. You will be taken to that page. Then, In the search books that
contains the title of the book, go to the end of the title, put a space,
then a +, (that's a plus sign), then another space, then, in quotes" the
text either before or after the scanno in quotes.
When books.google.com doesn't give you the answer you are trying to find,
only a part of a page comes back in the search and the text you need isn't
included, or, occasionally, there is no preview, at all, so then you, or I
need to ask for help.
Debby
At 02:05 PM 5/26/2013, Martha Rafter wrote
Hi John,
I think that someone here looked up a word for you in
books.google.com. If your book is there, itâs a really good tool for
checking words and things. In your browser type books.google.com and hit enter
In the edit field, type the title of your book in quotes. Then a bit of
text either directly before or directly after the questionable word or
words. This ought to bring up what youâre looking for.
Marty
From: <mailto:john.falter@xxxxxxxxxxx>john.falter
Sent: Sunday, May 26, 2013 2:12 PM
To: <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Quandries of an inexperienced proofreader
the word café contains the é.
How is this handled in Braille?
Are we supposed to convert é to plain e?
I find words like love seat written as loveseat (alternate spelling).
I can't tell if the space is left out by the author/editor or the scanner/ocr.
When those two words lack the space, the pronunciation is badly affected.
I find many words that I think should be hyphanated but aren't.
Again I can't tell if the scanner/ocr has done this, and these words also
aren't pronounced very well.
What do you experienced people think?
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