[bksvol-discuss] Re: Scanning and proofreading in the real world
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2009 22:28:14 -0500
Ah, I can imagine what work a proofreader has to go through and in a lot of
ways I am kind of glad, smile that we aren't held to those standards, as
frankly I couldn't do it.
I have never been much of a perfectionist, didn't really have a chance, my room
is well organized chaos, and my desk at work too, but I am happy to scan and
edit books that I read and enjoy them. Actually in elementary school I was
considered to have lower than averatge grammar, and loved using commas. Still
get hung up by the art of grammar. But email has helped with that. I used to
have this absolute paralyzing fear of writing, anything. It took me a year and
a half to finish my Master's Thesis, was so scared of writing that thing and
messing up with it. Which was utter nonesense as it passed on the second try,
but I still cringe when i have to write an article or something for publication.
You know though if we demanded such quality we would be putting out as many
books as NLS. Smile. I know for their talking book narators they get graded
on every recorded minute and their pay is based on that standard.
Please guys, you made me a bit more perfectionist, but I know I could never
live up to that standard. Which is why i teach braille instead, smile.
Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
And Guinevere: Golden Lady Guide Dog
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Guide Dogs for the Blind
Alumni Association
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The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of
their act as violence;
rather they thought of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness.
The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever committed.
-Gil Bailie, author and lecturer (b. 1944)
----- Original Message -----
From: Mickey
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 10:00 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Scanning and proofreading in the real world
Hi. I'm sorry I started something, but thought I'd amplify.
I've been a proofreader by profession since 1977. In that time I've had to
read everything from kindergarten through post-graduate material, including a
text on metallurgical thermodynamics. But, in a professional situation, first
the book is marked up, then brailled or scanned, then the scanner gets to read
the book. Then the proofreader gets his/her mitts on it. The proofreader either
makes the corrections or sends it back to the person who scanned it to make the
corrections. Then, in many instances, the book is thoroughly proofed again, and
errors are still found. Often, material we handle is proofread completely three
times.
I often proof my work twice, because I know that things slip by through a
lapse in concentration. But, if we were doing this professionally, the scanner
would be expected to turn the material in in a form that he/she considered
ready for publication.
I just thought I'd throw in what goes on in professional organizations. Not
meant to ruffle feathers.
Mickey
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