[bksvol-discuss] Re: please more submits so I can proof read
- From: "Denise Wagner" <denisecwagner@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:35:24 -0400
And please forgive me for forgetting who had this idea, but I think the more
quality reports that get reported for these jiffy readers, the more likely
we will have a case for Bookshare to hold these skaters responsible for
shoddy work. On the other hand, if a person is a jiffy reader, and the job
is quality and no report can be filed, I don't think we have a problem or
reason to complain. Of course, since I'm not a member I can't file any, but
I think it's a great idea. Get the shoddy work on record, then have
Bookshare investigate and maybe eventually reprimand or prevent these
sub-par proofers from submitting anything (if they are sub-par).
I would only caution against one thing -- making sure the jiffy reader is
truly just skating and not a newbie and ignorant of the duties and
expectations.
Boy, I'm spouting my mouth alot today -- I need a hobby *chuckle*.
Denise
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She either respects the holds or she is too out of it to realize that she
could get away with not respecting them. Either way, though, that is why I
think that your idea of a hold for code would work. It is a shame too,
because, if you will recall, I was one of those who was complaining about
all the holds because they are so frustrating for those of us who are
browsing for something to proofread that is up for grabs and I am sure that
this proposal will just increase the frustration for a new proofreader who
may be perfectly conscientious and for even long time proofreaders who are
not on this list, but what else is to be done? It is just basically unfair
for jiffy proofreaders to deplete the download list like that.
"Philosophers have merely interpreted the world in various
ways; the point is to change it." Karl Marx
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I used to love the system where a person could just browse the step 1 list
and choose a book but that doesn't seem to be working anymore, so I would
prefer,
too, to have a specific person I could do a "hold for" when I submit. But
not every book seems to have an interested proofreader. That's the only
reason
I was thinking that if you did a "hold for Reader" that at least a person
who is going to read it would take it. I see that the 20 minute proofreader
doesn't
take the books I put up with holds, so at least that person respects the
holds.
Of course, it may not work and if it does work it may not work for long.
Everyone who knows me knows I do NOT read every word of every book I submit.
I do check the scan as it OCRs and I do page through the file but I know
that's
not enough to catch every error and there is no good way for Bookshare to
say you haven't spent enough time working on this proofread because then the
person could just hang onto the file for a couple more hours and then upload
it anyway.
Without the requirement that you have to read the proofread, I don't think
there is a good solution but maybe we can come up with something, anything,
as
a work around?
--
Jamie in Michigan
Currently Reading: Lost: The Search for Six of Six Million by Daniel
Mendelsohn
www.michrxtech.com/books.html
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