[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question for sighted volunteers
- From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 10:11:27 -0500
Hi Melissa and Jamie!
When I read the Roman numeral I (capitalized), I have trouble determining
if it is an I or a 1 when reading with the optacon.
Another scano I sometimes find is Til, when it should be "I'll instead. I
suggest you correct that one as you find it, though, since it could be
right and not a scano.
Debby
At 09:27 AM 4/11/2010, Jamie Yates, CPhT wrote
Hi Melissa, yes, the number 1 and the capital letter I in print are very
similar. It's a common scanning error I get so I try to do a search for 1
space and space 1 to see if I got any of them so I can fix them before I
submit.
And almost ALWAYS if there is a phrase like "O Lord" or something else
where the O is all by itself I get a 0 instead. They are bot a circle,
sort of. The ones and I's are both straight lines.
The other common scanning error I see is urn for um as the lower case r
and n run together looks like a small letter m. Same with die for the.
This is a little more far reaching but if the print quality of the book is
poor or the scanner didn't press down on the book hard enough the t seems
to scan as a d with part of the h blending to the t to "close up" the t to
make it a d and then what's left of the h scans as a lowercase i.
Without being able to actually see the letters I know this probably makes
no sense at all but just know you're correct in your guess that they look
alike, the 1 and the I and the 0 and the O.
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