[bksvol-discuss] Re: new volunteer proofer has questions I can't answer
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Janet Clark <clarkjph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:33:55 -0700 (PDT)
Unfortunately, Janet, I can't answer those questions, so I sent a copy of your
note to the volunteer email list, where there are scanners who use KEs and
other things.
There is a manual that has been prepared by volunteers and staff that can be
found on the bookshare site. I think it's easy to read and to look up specific
questions about proofing ; the people on the volunteer email list are always
happy to answer questions. I am, too, if I can, but I only proof, for the most
part, and since I am sighted, I don't know much about the various machines that
are used by the members.
I'm happy to forward any questions you have to the list, but if you are
registered as a volunteer you cana sign up for the bks-vol@xxxxxxxxxxxxx list
I'm not sure how, but I hink there's a place on the volunteer home page. smile
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Thu, 3/25/10, Janet Clark <clarkjph@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Janet Clark <clarkjph@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: new volunteer proofer would like to proof
To: "'Cindy'" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 9:07 AM
Cindy:
Thanks so much for contacting the scanners about these
books. I greatly appreciate it.
Since I am still fairly new and have been proofing for only a few months,
I am still unsure about how the whole process works especially with scanning. I
was wondering if you might be able to clarify a couple of points for me.
Sorry for my ignorance, but I was wondering if sometimes, when I
don’t have a physical copy of the book to help with proofing questions, whether
or not some of the .kes files some of the scanners have might help answer some
of the proofing questions? Are some of the files first scanned as .kes
files and then converted? Does the software reading .kes files actually
keep a copy of the scan intact? In a few cases of books I have seen it
appears that the conversion software, possibly from .kes to .rtf that
gets loaded to the checkout list, not the scanning, introduced some “mixing up”
of text or pages such as dropping page numbers and then putting 2-3 page
numbers on one page. Or even sometimes part or an entire paragraph have
been moved and inserted into the middle of the next page.
If the .kes files would help in certain cases, is there somewhere
to download the software reading .kes files for free?
Or are the files normally scanned in other formats such as pdf or
html and then converted to rtf which normally is what I see for proofing?
So is it the pdf or html file I would need to look at if the errors are being
introduced by the conversion process (which from the few times I have seen it
appears to be the case)?
Sorry for all the questions, I am just trying to figure out how
things work so that I can do a better job proofing as I cannot always obtain a
copy of the physical book.
Janet C
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