You will most certainly be given a chance to get better as you go along. Keep in mind that the whole point of proofreading is to correct any mistakes you might make as a submitter. It would be a good idea to make the job of the proofreader as easy as possible by submitting the best scan you can, but what you miss the proofreader should be able to correct. The rule about rejecting a book is that if it would be less trouble to start over than to correct the problems then it should be rejected. When that happens you should receive an email that will explain what the problem is and you can use that feedback to learn and to get better.
On 10/5/2012 2:53 AM, Jennifer Piening wrote:
I am a new volunteer, and all I have to say is wow! This whole
asterisk issue sounds really overwhelming! I'm going to begin with
scanning books, and I'm wondering if we make some mistakes along the
way, will we get penalized or will we be given a chance to get better
as we go? Is it OK if we don't get all of these rules incorporated
into the scans and the proofreaders might have to correct some of our
mistakes? Before we officially had to volunteer, I submitted some
scans, and I think one of them got rejected, and now I know why. It
was because of page breaks. With all of these rules, though, I'm
feeling a bit intimidated by it all.
Jenny
----- Original Message -----
*From:* Cindy Rosenthal <mailto:grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
*To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Thursday, October 04, 2012 11:49 PM
*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Three Asterisks: An explanation
from the staff
page break, page number then if there are blank lines before
chapter title, *** in the space then chapter title, and thenif
there are blank lines before the txt, ***
THQT'S WHAT I UNDERSTAND.
On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Martha Rafter <mlhr@xxxxxxx
<mailto:mlhr@xxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi Madeleine,
Thanks for this, but I think I’m either confused or really,
really dense! Smile Don’t we need to put in a blank line
between the page break and the chapter heading any more? Then
it would be:
Page break
blank line
Chapter heading
* * *
text of page
Again, thanks you!
Marty
*From:* Madeleine Linares <mailto:Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Sent:* Thursday, October 04, 2012 5:43 PM
*To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
*Cc:* mailto:cynthr@xxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Three Asterisks: An explanation
from the staff
Hello everyone,
My sincere apologies for my delayed response re. asterisks but
here is what’s going on:
In Braille, neither bolding nor font size changes show up,
which means that it is really difficult to tell when there is
a new chapter or section. Therefore, three asterisks are added
after each chapter title or chapter name to make it clear
where the chapter title or name ends and where the text
begins. For example:
-----page break---
Chapter Three
***
[text]
----page break-----
It could also look like this:
-----page break-----
[text from ch. 4]
***
Chapter Five: Kristy Kills
***
[text for ch. 5]
--------page break---------
This is especially important if there is a chapter name. For
example, Chapter Three: The Woman in Red (or whatever).
Without the star, Braille readers would have no way of knowing
whether or not “The Woman in Red” was the first line of text
or a chapter title.
Three asterisks are NOT needed at the beginning of a page
before a new chapter (if the new chapter starts at the very
top of a page) but ARE needed if the chapter starts in the
middle of the page. Three asterisks are also used to show
other breaks in the text, whether it’s a change in narration
and the sighted reader sees a font change or all italics, if
there is a symbol in the page to indicate a time change or
something, and when there is a new section of the book (such
as Part One or Book One of several).
Many volunteers already do this, which is wonderful. Since we
want Bookshare books to be as accessible to everyone as
possible, we strongly encourage adding in three asterisks
after the chapter number or name. I know there has been a lot
of confusion about this. From my understanding it is not a new
idea, but it has never been enforced, which is likely why some
people do it and others don’t and have never been aware that
they should. We want to encourage it going forward.
Please contact me directly with any questions or concerns.
Thank you all so much for your hard work and dedication!
Best,
Madeleine Linares
Volunteer Coordinator
Bookshare, a Benetech Initiative
650-644-3459 <tel:650-644-3459>
madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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