Absolutely right! And I should have thought of that, too. Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 12:27 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: properly-spelled foreign names
Interesting idea--but it doesn't explain how the names scan properly. It's almost as if the person actually checked the spelling and so the books I've gotten to validate have had those names correct, even though there are other scannos in the text. Cindy --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:Just off the top of my head, it may be that they are programmed not to correct capitalized words. Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 12:47 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] properly-spelled foreign names > Interestingly, in every book that I've validated that > had foreign names, of whatever language, including > Chinese,, Russian, and made-up weird fantasy names, > the proper names were spelled correctly. I'm always > amazed and wonder if the scanning people took special > care to check and correct them or if the scanning > machines just did a fantastic job. > > Cindy > > --- Dan Beaver <dbeaver888@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Wow! >> >> Ok, this one is up for the admin team. Sure was >> long. >> >> I warn anyone looking at it that it has a very large >> number of Vietnamese >> and Chinese names. I could very well have missed >> spelling errors. But, I >> did my best. >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject >> line. To get a list of available commands, put the >> word 'help' by itself in the subject line. >> >> > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________> Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated > for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. >http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list > of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.____________________________________________________________________________________Be a better Heartthrob. Get better relationship answers from someone who knows. Yahoo! Answers - Check it out.http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&sid=396545433 To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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