Wow, now that's an improvement that should cut down on about 200 or 300
messages a year on the volunteer list, and that's only the side
benefit. The primary benefit of course will be to make it easier for many
of the validaters.
Did I say 200 to 300? Maybe it should be 400 to 500.
Dave
Funny that you should mention text files today. You now have the capability to upload txt files as rtf on step two. This should help to cut down on page breaks being lost during the editing process.
Marissa
-----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of robert tweedy Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:17 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: page numbers and student contest
This is on the ssame lines of this thread so it is March 31 and what about the policy of text submissions, was there supose to be a decission made at the end of this month or did I miss it somewhere on the way. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 12:39 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: page numbers and student contest
> Joanie et al, > I too am becoming very frustrated with Benetech's unresponsiveness. I've > been a member of Bookshare for 2 and a half years, and I can't recall any > major improvement to the usability of the website, despite our good > suggestions. No moving the language indicator to a better place, or > reorganizing the step1 download page, or the admittedly complex addition > of > more and better categories. > The only improvement I've seen is in quality, for which I think we > volunteers can give ourselves a pat on the back. > > I think the suggestion of having the stripper be part of the unpack tool > is > a great one, and would satisfy everyone. But will Benetech actually look > into it??? A good business listens to its customers, but, too often, > Benetech's attitude seems to be "My way or the highway." > Tracy > > At 07:02 PM 3/30/05 -0800, you wrote: >>I also want page numbers in tact, even if that means having titles >>repeated >>too. These files ARE supposed to reflect the print copy of the book, and >>it >>certainly isn't, since vital information is removed. It does seem that
>>most >>of us--the ones who are using and helping to support Bookshare--do want >>page >>numbers, but we aren't being listened to, and I'd like to know why this >>is. >>People here have been suggesting changes of various kinds for a long time, >>yet nothing is ever done. >> >>Of course I am grateful that the site exists, and that many people are >>generous enough to keep it operating, but that doesn't change the fact
>>that >>so many requests are ignored. How patient and tolerant are we expected to >>be? >> >>Joanie >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 5:15 PM >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: page numbers and student contest >> >> >>> I haven't been following this thread too closely but do we even know why >>the >>> print page numbers that we work so hard to preserve when scanning are >>later >>> eliminated? >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > >
