[bksvol-discuss] Re: problem noted across books and proofers and software engines
- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:01:29 -0500
Hi Valerie,
You're right that the quote space quote instance of this is easy to identify
and fix. My experience with K1000 is that it is very good at recognizing new
paragraphs overall. I believe it uses indentation relative to the line above
as a cue to create new paragraphs, so if the book contains one-line
paragraphs, these can be merged with the following paragraph. There's no
good way for those without sight enough to see the print to know for certain
if this merging is occurring. If I'm suspicious, or--since I know this can
happen--I can check with my Optacon to see if short paragraphs are being
merged; but for most people with little or no vision, this is not an option.
Don't recall seeing the split paragraph issue.
Having said that, I would only add that 88 instances in a 257-page book does
not sound "fairly common" to me. A book that size may hav a thousand
paragraphs, perhaps a lot more; so fewer than 10 percent--perhaps a lot
fewer--are being merged. Or, to put it another way, that's one instance in
just short of an average of every three pages.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 4:50 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] problem noted across books and proofers and
software engines
I don't want to stir up a hornet's nest, and my guess is it is virtually
out of our control, but I am routinely noticing a problem across books and
proofers and software engines when I proof with book in hand. Some will be
caught by extremely alert proof-readers, but many would not. The big
problem I am seeing even from the best scans, quality scanners and good
prep, combined paragraphs and separated paragraphs are a fairly common
occurrence. Obviously it has little impact on the many who convert to
audio, but it is a big issue for people who read text visually, especially
dyslexics like me who get cues and attribution of quotes by paragraphing
and develop continuity of ideas in its presentation.
The only run together paragraph suspect that is easy to identify is if you
see a quote mark/space/quote mark since that is usually two sets of quotes
that should have a carriage return between them.
Am I (and others who produce high quality scans) missing something we can
alter in our settings to prevent this from happening. And, are there
other easy ways besides my current paragraph by paragraph matching to
identify other run together paragraphs? Split paragraphs are easier to
pick out, but they are an issue at times, too.
I am a numbers geek and at first thought It was just me getting confused
as I read, but then I realized it was happening. I sampled three good
scanners work and saw as few as 20 occurrences in a 130 page book to a
high of 88 in a 257 page book. That can really muddle the mind of a
struggling learner, especially when quote attribution becomes ambiguous.
Any suggestions or comments are appreciated.
Valerie
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