I may thanks. Do you know how I might do that the thing is about 25 pounds i don't know if a new scanner might just be better? It isn't something I can very easily move. > ----- Original Message ----- >From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 23:22:43 -0500 >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings >Hi Tina, >Actually from the time you start using a scanner the bulb runs out. >So yep, it needs replacing, if you want to have good scans again from it. >As light is a key element of a scanner's operation. >If you are curious about this and other scanning questions. >see >OCR with a Smile >Is in the collection. >Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI >and Judson, guiding golden >juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx >Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. >Graduate Alumni Association Board >www.guidedogs.com >Dog ownership is like a rainbow. > Puppies are the joy at one end. > Old dogs are the treasure at the other. >Carolyn Alexander >----- Original Message ----- >From: "tina birenbaum" <tinabir@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 7:39 PM >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings >so Hi and happy new year. In reading about people's scanners, it made me >wonder how >long their bulbs last. I have a 10 year old reading edge which used to do >great on books and even mail but I seem to be lucky if it'll rbd my mail >much anymore so s"ts ,i use >x & "s"ts ,i j h a fr r1d me ! important /uff ,i don't worry ab ! re/ b1 >mi<t ,i j h a bad bulb & h{ d y replace ~? 2c x gives me jib}i%1 or is my >be/ bet probably j 6get a new scann}4 >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Silvara" <silvara@xxxxxxx >>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2005 15:15:13 -0500 >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings >>Any validator can replace a book. When I validate replacement books I am >>very careful with checking whether it is a truly improved copy. I don't >>take the submitter's word that it is. I check for myself. I had a couple >>of instants that books were submitted as improved copies, but when I >>checked with K1000, they were significantly worse copies. So I rejected >>them. Others have been somewhat similar but I cleaned them up some, so >>they were better. And still others were the same and so I rejected them. >>Tiffany, as Julie said you can always resubmit your books or email >>bookshare about it. Because we should be improving the collection., not >>down grading it. >>Grace >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Gary Petraccaro >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 1:48 PM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings >> Who's responsible for judging the quality of a replacement. I've sent a >> few replacements, but they were usually for books that I was asked to do >> or of books I'd originally done and could now improve. >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Tiffany H. Jessen >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2005 4:13 AM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings >> Yes, I get the letter of acceptance, then some time later, (sometimes >> even >> months later), I get a notice that my copy has been replaced by a >> superior >> quality. And yes, I use Kurzweil to rank the quality. It's not always >> a big >> difference, but in all of the cases so far they have been decreases in >> quality. After looking over the books more closely I suppose they >> could >> still be considered excellent shape, but they're more borderline where >> as >> mine were nearly perfect. Oh well... >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Silvara" <silvara@xxxxxxx >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 10:15 PM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings >>> Tiffany: >>> Do you actually receive an email telling you that your book has been >>> replaced? >>> That can be very frustrating especially if you feel that the book has >>> been >>> down graded, not improved. >>> K1000 is an excellent tool for comparing book quality. When you look at >>> the list of mispelling you get to see what type of errors it has. >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Tiffany H. Jessen" <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 10:18 AM >>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings >>>> Oh no, I don't worry about a validater ranking my book as good if I >>>> think >>>> it is excellent. My concern is when I have a book approved in >>>> excellent, >>>> and then X amount of time later someone else scans that same book and >>>> has >>>> it approved as an excellent quality, when in fact it is lower than what >>>> I >>>> did. I wouldn't mind my book being replaced if it were in fact a >>>> superior >>>> quality, the objection is when it goes the other way around. >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>> From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx >>>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> Sent: Friday, December 30, 2005 6:58 AM >>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanners' feelings >>>>> Tiff and Shelley >>>>> Perhaps it is age, I'm in my mid 50s, but I don't leg my ego >>>>> into the process worry8ing whether someone labels my excellent scan as >>>>> good, et al. At first, I thought it meant something; but as a >>>>> validator >>>>> myself, I realize that it's generally an arbitrary decision made by >>>>> another human being, and nothing more. >>>>> So if validator takes my excellent submission and believes it only to >>>>> be >>>>> good, what does it matter in the grand schemes of things? >>>>> As for Lissi's questions, Julie pretty much conveys my feelings. >>>>> And if a book sits too long on Step 1, as Cindy notes, I always have >>>>> the >>>>> option of self-validating which I did on a couple of Christmas books so >>>>> that they would make it into the collection for the Christmas reading >>>>> season. >>>>> As a validator myself, I get to know the work styles of submitters and >>>>> tend to validate those who do the work upfront so to speak. >>>>> So I quickly know what will need to be done, if anything, based on my >>>>> experience with their work as well as comments they supply. >>>>> I attempt for quick turn arounds and attempt to avoid knitpicking as, >>>>> with >>>>> over 600 books on Step 1, time is best spent on titles that frankly >>>>> don't >>>>> need much handholding. >>>>> I would only spend that time on Step 1 books that I believed were >>>>> special >>>>> to the collection amd might not be replacible. >>>>> Spending hours upon hours validating something, in most instances, >>>>> makes >>>>> little sense as rescanning it would be faster. >>>>> Keep in mind that 5 times the credits are given for submissions vs >>>>> validations which indicates where the effort ought to be placed in a >>>>> priority scheme. >>>>> Just some rambling thoughts which I doubt hold much significance. To >>>>> sum >>>>> up, a topnotch submission requires little from the validator beyond >>>>> spot >>>>> checking and verification. And once one learns the work habits and >>>>> tendecies of those they validate, the process becomes even more >>>>> streamlined. >>>>> 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. 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