Hi Cindy,
Of course they can be converted to RTF at any time so long as you have
the particular program. The problem is that BookShare's documentation
requests books in ARK and KES. The reasons were good at the time, but
anymore are seen as hindering the validation process. It would be nice if
the docs were updated and excluded the requests for ARK and KES.
Jake
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 8:27 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: ark format
Can Ark and KES be changed to rtf after being scanned but before being submitted? Maybe bookshare's rules should be changed to require, rather than merely suggest that all books be submitted as rtf. Just asking
Cindy
--- Silvara <silvara@xxxxxxx> wrote:
Actually Monica and I and a few others validated a bunch of ark files a couple of months ago. I think at 1 point there was only about 15 books left. Then another slew of ark books showed up. We just can't keep up. The books seem to be either text books or religious ones. So they don't always appeal to me. If anyone has any requests for a particular kes or ark book let me know I will try to validate it sometime next week.
*** Grace
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http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/rescan.asp
----- Original Message ----- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:48 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning tools and
output formats
> Lots of the books which have languished on step 1 for a long long time > have done so because they are in arc format. Fewer of us have facilities > to read arc than we do to read other formats. > > E. > At 10:53 AM 6/8/2006, you wrote: > >>Hi, Dan. I echo your sentiment here. There are several books I wouldn't >>mind fixing up that are in kes format. I think that we as a group are >>beginning to submit more content in rtf format. Bookshare used to really >>emphasize submitting the scanned files from OCR packages because they >>thought they could save it for re-recognition later. That is still the >>written policy on the submission area of the web site. As I'm sure you >>know, in any organization, there is policy and then there's the reality of >>getting things done. I think that we volunteers have found that >>submitting books in rtf format helps to get validations done more quickly >>and by a wider range of people with various computer configurations. >>Books in proprietary formats seem to linger on the step 1 page since only >>certain people have the tools to process them. If no one with the tools >>is interested in taking those books, they can get shuffled to the bottom >>of the pile. Grace and I have been working on some of the Arkenstone >>format books, and I think Mickey has been working on some of the books in >>kes format. >> >> >>Monica >>Visit my blog at: http://plumlipstick.livejournal.com >> >>At Thursday 6/8/2006 08:47 AM, you wrote: >> >>> E's comments about Kurzweil made me start to wonder >>> about something. >>> >>>I noticed on the list of books to validate that there are lots of them >>>with formats of KES and ARC. Do the scanning tools have the ability to >>>convert/save the output into an RTF file? I'd like to suggest that if >>>they do that perhaps books should be submitted in that format so all of >>>us can have the opportunity to validate any book. There are a number of >>>books waiting that I'd REALLY like to validate but can't because I can't >>>handle those formats. >>> >>>any thoughts? >>> >>>Dan Beaver >>>IBM Global Services Lexington >>>outside: 1-859-243-3411 >>>tie-line: 8-545-3411 >> >>To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list >>of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >> > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > >
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