[bksvol-discuss] Re: perhaps some rethinking might b in order?
- From: "Jackie McBride" <abletec@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2007 14:42:53 -0700
Yall:
I am unable 2 afford the nice programs like OpenBook &
Kurzweil--sorry. I bought a copy of omnipage 14 just b4 they went 2
15 4 $75 cuz they were dc ing it. Its text editor sucks. I did have
it in facing pages mode but that seems to be more for scanning than 4
inserting the page breaks. I saved it 2 rtf when finished. I knew
the breaks were messed up--but that was b4 the manual came out & I
guess I was hopin' 2 get away w/that imperfection. So much 4 that--o,
well.
I scanned this book b4 we moved. It's somewhere, as I am wont 2 say,
"in a frickin box." I think I'm gonna just blow this off till after I
get back from my daughter's memorial service on the 22nd.
On 8/15/07, Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Jackie. I can see why you would feel frustrated with this
> situation. I would feel that way too. I would like to mention a
> couple of things that might shed some light on the issue. I want to
> help you if I can.
>
> First, scanning paperbacks in two-page mode is something I do
> often. I know that Kurzweil, FineReader, and Openbook all support
> this but do not have it as their default setting. I'm using Kurzweil
> 11, and I have it set to recognize 2 pages per scan. It does insert
> page breaks correctly in this mode. Openbook seems to be reliable
> with page breaks as well. I wonder if you might have accidentally
> scanned your paperback with one page per scan turned on. It's easy
> to do that since that's the setting OCR programs default to. I
> changed that setting and then saved it to my default settings in Kurzweil.
>
> Second, your validater does have the option to insert page breaks if
> page numbers are present in the book. This is something validaters
> can do but are not required to do. Your validater may not have known
> this or may not have chosen to do this. Sometimes when books lack
> some page breaks, a validater will release the book to step 1 so that
> a sighted volunteer can insert page breaks. Again, this is
> optional. If your book is fairly short, I would be willing to
> validate it and insert page breaks if there are page numbers or
> headings that would show me where to insert the breaks. I would feel
> overwhelmed if your book is one of those that's 500 pages or more
> just because of its size.
>
> Finally, if you have your original scan, you can use the page numbers
> and headings to guide you in inserting page breaks. Control enter
> will insert a new page break in both Kurzweil and Microsoft Word. I
> don't remember if that keystroke works in Openbook. Once your page
> breaks are in place, you can submit your book again and will likely
> see it validated and approved quickly since people on this list are
> aware of your situation.
>
> Jackie, I'm sorry you've had a book rejected. I hope what I've said
> here can help you in some way.
>
>
>
> Monica Willyard, rhyami@xxxxxxxxx
>
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