[bksvol-discuss] Re: proofing boooks with tables
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:39:00 -0700 (PDT)
That's good to know. I'll call on you the next time I have a book with them (I
can send you the page as an rtf file)(or I'll release the book and ask you to
proof it smile.
Cindy
--- On Tue, 6/14/11, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: proofing boooks with tables
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 7:12 PM
> I've proofread a lot of books with
> tables, and not had any
> problems with them turning out. smile. I've also helped
> scanners
> and other proofreaders convert tables that didn't make much
> sense
> into a form that does, and I'm always glad to help anyone
> out
> with that.
>
> Using Word's table feature, like Melissa mentioned, is the
> key to
> keeping a table intact in the text of a rtf file.
> Tables done
> that way translate very well into braille and DAISY and
> into XML.
> smile.
>
> Judy
>
> Cindy wrote:
> > I've spent a lot of time in the past trying to proof
> books with tables. Sometimes I've translated them into words
> and paragraphs; recently I tried converting them to text;
> (that didn't work well). Most recently I had to give up. I
> found that most often the table merely illustrates what's
> said in the text and isn't really necessary. In some cases I
> merely said. "bar graph or table. (though tables are usually
> titled in the text.
> > With my last 2 books I finally gave up and deleted the
> tables and explained that they were merely illustrative, not
> essential.
> > Bookshare told me that they can convert or do
> something with tables, but when I uploaded the books they
> were returned to me
> > I guess it depends on the kind and size (length, I
> mean the width of the table.
> >
> >
> > Cindy
> > --- On Tue, 6/14/11, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> From: Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: way to refer to
> other books?
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Date: Tuesday, June 14, 2011, 11:23 AM
> >> Let me second Sue on this -- I'd love
> >> to have a book like this on Bookshare. I
> don't scan,
> >> but if you'd be willing to try scanning it,
> Charisma, I'd be
> >> willing to proof it, as long as you keep the
> images of the
> >> pages until the proofing is done. That way I
> can get a
> >> page image from you if I need it when proofing
> tricky parts
> >> like tables. smile.
> >>
> >> Judy s.
> >>
> >> Sue Stevens wrote:
> >>> Hi Charisma,
> >>>
> >>> Some of us cannot hear audio books, so having
> a book
> >> on the Bard site would do us no good. True
> we are a
> >> small group, but we appreciate it when such books
> are in
> >> Bookshare.
> >>> Sue S.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Charisma
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, June 14, 2011 12:55 PM
> >>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] way to refer to
> other
> >> books?
> >>> I was looking to see if Bookshare had a copy
> of this
> >> book because I
> >>> wanted to listen to it.
> >>> I checked the publisher and the site and etc
> and it is
> >> not there. So I
> >>> was about to scan it when I remembered that I
> had
> >> listened to it
> >>> initially through NLS/BARD. Since they have it
> I am
> >> not going to scan
> >>> it.
> >>>
> >>> But I wish there was a way to refer folks to a
> place
> >> that has a thing
> >>> when Bookshare does not. It looks as if the
> brain
> >> injury books on
> >>> Bookshare are regarding pediatric injuries
> only, but
> >> this one is for
> >>> any age.
> >>>
> >>> IS there a way? This has been an extremely
> helpful
> >> book to me and at
> >>> least one of my doctors. If it was not so
> tricky with
> >> tables and all I
> >>> would go ahead and push through if it was not
> >> available anywhere else.
> >>>
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