[bksvol-discuss] Re: question re pictures

  • From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2006 23:20:13 -0800 (PST)

Thanks, Gerald. That's what I thought, but since I've
never seen them retained before in my scans, I thought
I'd ask. It's easier to take them out than to put them
in once I've taken them out. (I've pre-validating
now). 

Cindy

--- Gerald Hovas <geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Cindy,
> 
> It's my understanding that Bookshare's tools are
> only capable of handling
> any graphics by stripping them, and that you'll need
> to delete them and
> replace them with a caption/description before
> upload to Bookshare.  The
> statement I've read which I'm basing this on is as
> follows:
> 
> At this point, we are not able to support delivery
> of graphics with our
> books.  Only text is delivered, so any
> graphics/pictures you may have
> embedded in your scanned material will not be
> included in the formats
> available for download from Bookshare.org.
> 
> Based on this statement, I'm guessing that the tools
> are able to strip the
> graphics and still produce a book in DAISY and BRF,
> but if that is the case,
> then it would be like they were never there in the
> first place, so I'd play
> it safe by stripping them manually and replacing
> them with a
> caption/description.
> 
> HTH
> 
> Gerald
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> Behalf Of Cindy
> Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 12:01 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] question re pictures
> 
> 
> I have new computer --still a Mac but an OSX--and am
> still using my Epson 1660 ro scan, but I have  newer
> ABBY, I guess. It doesn't do some things the other
> one
> did, i.e., I can't seem to scan and recognize more
> than one page at a time, but it is retaining
> pictures
> that are on the page. I'm assuming that is have to
> delete them because they won't  show up when I
> submit
> the book? Or am I wrong? (Wouldn't it be wonderful
> it
> the pictures in a book would be retained along with
> the text!!) It may be because the pictures are not
> iin
> color but are  line drawings.
> 
> Shall I leave them in or delete them?
> 
> Cindy
> 
> 
> 
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