[bksvol-discuss] Re: problem noted across books and proofers and software engines
- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:02:30 -0500
One is to look for a new line followed
by a lowercase letter. Except at the top of a page, these should rarely
show up. Quotes can sometimes start this way, but the line above would
usually have some kind of punctuation indicating that this is a quote.
Sometimes that's not the case, but most times it is. I use the quote space
quote check and let context tell me what's going on. I do try to check
paragraphing with an Optacon, too. Of course I miss some.
Good luck and happy hunting.
----- 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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