[bksvol-discuss] Re: interesting
- From: the ppardees <jfpardee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:31:53 -0400
Ann,
While speech is much more forgiving of errors than Braille or sight, I
could not have read it in Kurzweil.
Jim P
at
06:41 AM 8/31/07, you wrote:
Hi all,
Jim, that's interesting. Apparently, the BookPort is able to parse the
smart quotes. That's fascinating, really. It shows up the differences in
technology. I downloaded the BRF File, and, as I said, it was awful. I
don't have a BookPort, but would be interested to discover if anyone else
can read this book on any other equipment and get it to sound properly.
This makes it imperitive that standards for submissions be kept up. My
recommendation, speaking as a user and brand new validator is that we
stick to straight quotes, as that seems to be the format that is parsed
best by most machines and software.
Ann P.
Original message:
Hi List,
Just an interesting finding. A number of list members reported that ' Let's
Hear It For The Deaf Man ' was a very poor scan and after downloading and
checking in Kurzweil I agree. However I transferred it to the Bookport and
am reading it now and it sounds great, with no noticeable mistakes.
This does not make the scan any better, but it may help explain why people
may disagree about the quality of a scan.
Jim Pardee
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Ann K. Parsons
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