[bksvol-discuss] Re: Which software is best for proofreading?
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 21:51:43 -0800 (PST)
I do that, too. I've found that one can remove a whole paragraph's worth at one
time, and I do that if the paragraph is long. The first time, i.e., paragraph,
one has to replace each one individually, but after that, when you blacken the
whole paragraph excluding the final paragraph mark and replace all, adding if
necessary a space, it does it quickly. I don't know, though, if only sighted
proofreaders can do that.
Cindy
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--- On Sat, 2/7/09, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Which software is best for proofreading?
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Saturday, February 7, 2009, 9:08 PM
> Hi Monica,
>
> Actually, bookshare's tools get rid of extra paragraph
> marks only
> when they come two in a row. Those inserted when line
> endings are respected
> are not removed. This can cause some readers to pause in
> reading the text
> where there should not be pauses. That is why I take the
> time to remove the
> ones that come in the middle of paragraphs breaking up
> sentences between
> lines.
>
> Just what I do though. Bookshare has no requirement that
> we remove those
> paragraph marks that shouldn't be there.
>
> Mayrie
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Monica Willyard
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 8:53 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Which software is best for
> proofreading?
>
> Julia, keeping layout information turned on in Kurzweil is
> a good thing. It
> can help you if you ever want to use summary mode or
> understand how pages of
> content from a book are laid out. In most cases, Kurzweil
> does insert
> paragraph marks where they should be. Speech reads them as
> a new line in the
> text. It has no affect on paragraph marks in your books.
> most of us can't
> see your paragraph marks, and Bookshare removes extra ones
> from your rtf
> file to make the daisy and Braille files. Unless your files
> are one big
> run-on sentence spanning the whole 200 pages of a book, or
> if you have a
> book with only two words on each line, don't worry
> about it. If you know
> you're going to have a sighted proofreader, you can
> take the time to remove
> extra paragraph markers yourself. Otherwise, I don't do
> it because Bookshare
> does it automatically. Why spend 20 to 30 minutes doing
> something Bookshare
> will do in a matter of seconds? I see that as wasting time
> I could be
> spending on scanning another book.
>
> Monica Willyard
> "The best way to predict the future is to create
> it." -- Peter Drucker
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Julia
> Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 11:16 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Which software is best for
> proofreading?
>
> Oh no! Don't tell me all of my books are messed up now!
> I scanned with page
> layout info retained, is that a problem? Does that mean
> that they're now
> chalk full of paragraph marks! How on earth do I fix all
> those!
> Julia
>
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