Yes, scanning with prevalidating actually takes longer
than validating because one is doing the physical
scanning as well as what Bud describes below. When I
used to scan books I scanned the whole book, then
prevalidated it, the same way I now validate, i.e., I
proofread it and then did a final spell-check. That
way one also finds missing or duplicated pages.
That is why, I'm sure, originally scanners got $2.50
credit and validators only 50 cents credit. The
problem was that many submitters did not do a careful
job but quickly scanned and submitted without doing
any kind of checking or validating, and we validators
had a much more time-consuming job, so that the pay
difference wasn't at all fair.
Cindy
--- Bud Schwab <budschwab@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Scanning takes a long time if it's done right. I
read fifty pages
and then go back over them and get the title and
author deleted and
check out all the page numbers. I also make any
corrrections I hear
as I scan and read. Then I do another fifty pages
and do the same to
them until the book is finished. Then I do a spell
check and take
care of as many of those as is possible considering
all the accents
in speech and intentional poor grammar. So I can't
give you a figure
in hours as to how long it takes because it depends
on the length of
the book and whether it's a poor paperback. So if
it's done right
it takes hours and hours.
I'm sure all scanners do it in different ways, but
that's basically
how I do it.
Bud
At 12:07 PM 12/14/2008, you wrote:
>Good day validators and submitters,
>
>How long does it take to scan a book? Validating
one well takes a
>long time. It takes a particularly long time if a
lot of correcting
>is needed. Then proof reading becomes much more
work.
>
>If your submit is on step 1 and you know it has a
less than
>excellent rating, please consider replacing it with
an excellent copy.
>All you have to do is download your poorer copy
from step 1 reject
>it and put up your new improved copy.
>You cannot validate your own submit but you can
reject your own
>submit and replace it with a better spell checked
copy if that will
>improve its rating.
>
>We validators (now proof readers) will praise you
for caring about
>your submits. Those poor quality scans living in
step 1 land will
>leave step 1 more rapidly for a smoother trip to
the collection.
>
>I too will do my part by evaluating some of the
less than excellent
>submits languishing on step 1. Anybody want to join
in?
>
>all the best,
>E.
>
>
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