[bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages.
- From: Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:15:15 -0600
Well, I will withdraw as a volunteer then because there is no way I won't make
intelligent changes if I know they need to be. I've been proofreading for a
while, and I can't volunteer if I can't make such changes.
Cindy Lou
On Feb 15, 2012, at 8:59 PM, Pamela Hoffard wrote:
> Hi Bookshare Friends,
>
> I am concerned as Scott Rains had made this quite clear in the past: If we
> change the text of a book that is not a regular "scanning" error or
> sanctioned by Bookshare, we may LOSE the opportunity to help many other
> people be able to read accessible books. I understand that leaving words
> that don't make sense goes "against the grain" in our minds, but this quite
> important. I beg you to follow the manual and what is passed on to us by
> Mayrie and Alisa!
>
> Your concerned friend,
>
> Pam Hoffard
>
> From: Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 7:47 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages.
>
> When I do proofread Braille, I will fix something like that because it can
> cause confusion. If it is obvious, I'll change it partly because in a way if
> I don't it will reflect on me. People assume we made the errors, not the book
> editors.
>
> Cindy
>
> On Feb 15, 2012, at 6:12 PM, Sue Stevens wrote:
>
>> Yes. Once I saw rime, when the word was obviously time. I checked on
>> books.google.com, and the word was written as rime there as well. It didn’t
>> make sense, and I confess to changing it to time. I know that when I was a
>> student I would have really scoffed at rime instead of time.
>>
>> Sue S.
>>
>>
>> From: Cindy
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 5:13 PM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages.
>>
>> EScellent point, Sue. We ought to be allowed to change scannos even if the
>> errors are in the print book, since I assume it is the author's words we
>> don't want to change, not publishers' mistakes, if the book has not been
>> edited well; maybe m y assumption is incorrect.
>> Cindy
>>
>> From: Sue Stevens <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 2:58 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages.
>>
>> Well, you know, I don’t get it. Some things we are allowed tochange, even
>> though we are told we cannot tamper with books as published; whereas, if we
>> see a scanno and it is in the print book, we cannot change it. To me, that
>> doesn’t sound logical. Why are we allowed to change hyphenated words?
>> Don’t get me wrong; I have always done that, but I still don’t see the
>> logic.
>>
>> Sue S.
>>
>>
>> From: Jamie Yates, CPhT
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 4:19 PM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hyphenated words between pages.
>>
>> I see it all the time when scanning books. Just because word processors
>> don't do it, doesn't mean books don't do it.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Jamie in Michigan
>>
>> Currently Reading: Mallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
>>
>>
>>
>> See everything I've read this year at: www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html
>>
>>
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