[bksvol-discuss] Validation procedure
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2006 13:14:17 -0700 (PDT)
Jill explained it well. I do read the book, because
not everything is caught by spell-check or K1000,
i.e., a word can be correctly spelled but be the wrong
word in context, e.g., die for the and the number one
for capital I. So I generally take books I'm willing
to read. Sometimes, because I'm sighted and can
compare with the book, I'll take books no one else can
that I find I can't bear to read. smile Then I do what
you do--scan the pages with my eyes and validate with
spell-check on to catch errors and hope I catch most
of them. I do put that in the long synopsis and offer
to get the book if there are problems that the reader
needs fixing. smile I don't do indexes or
bibliograhies, usually, either--I think they can be
figured out, but I make the same offer in the long
synopsis. smile
Cindy
--- Jamie Yates <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am always interested when I read that others have
> submitted a book and then someone wants to validate
> that particular book. I'm guessing that when you
> validate you must be reading the entire book?
>
> I have only validated a couple of books but I don't
> read the entire book when I do. I scan through the
> entire book, especially looking for those paragraph
> marks at the end of each line, and for anything that
> Word underlines in red or green (I find that green
> is
> often because there is a hyphenated word in the
> middle
> of a sentence that somehow didn't get converted).
>
> But again, is that a difference just in validation
> techniques? Should one be reading the entire book
> for
> validation? Is that why some books sit in the step
> one
> list for months? Does it make a difference if the
> validator is sighted or non-sighted? I would think
> that if reading the entire book is required for
> validating that it would take forever to get books
> validated.
>
> Jamie in Michigan
>
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