Apology not necessary--it's one of those things you can't tell unless you see it--and whisky can possibly be spelled more than one way, depending on where the book is written or what the author intends. I had to go to Amazon to check the title's spelling to be sure. smile G.Cindy --- Donna Smith <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > /G Cindy wrote: Speaking of things being > misspelled, whoever downloads ot > is validating Whiskey and Water needs to change the > spelling of the word > Whiskey. There should be an e between the k and the > y. > > DS: Oops! Sorry about that...and I wasn't even > drinking!...Honest! > > Donna > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Grandma Cindy > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 12:32 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] title misspellings > > Speaking of things being misspelled, whoever > downloads > ot is validating Whiskey and Water needs to change > the > spelling of the word Whiskey. There should be an e > between the k and the y. > > G.Cindy > --- Guido C > orona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > In "The Brat" the entire book was excellent, > except > > for the first name of > > the author being misspelled in the title page. > This > > may have been a case > > of a submittor being underconfident of his/her > > scanning prowess. > > > > Unfortunately the Bookshare engine does not > perform > > an automated quality > > rating at submission time, so the initial rating > > remains purely a matter > > of the submitter's opinion. > > > > > > I hope that eventually the submission system will > > include a quality > > assessment. Furthermore, it may be useful to add > > the value "I don't > > know" in the initial submission panel's quality > > radio button. > > > > Guido > > > > G. > > > > > > > > Guido Dante Corona > > IBM Research, > > Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC) > > Austin Tx. > > Phone: 512. 838. 9735. > > Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx > > Web: http://www.ibm.com/able > > > > ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most > certain > > they were right who > > were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just > > maybe, those who > > questioned the most were in the end those who came > > closest to being wise." > > [David Poyer, The Command] > > > > > > > > > > Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > > Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > 01/29/2008 11:41 PM > > Please respond to > > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > To > > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > cc > > > > Subject > > [bksvol-discuss] Re: fair books I rejected are > back > > on step 1 -- The Brat > > was unfairly 'faired' > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I agree that one needs to look at them, check them > > out. I've taken some in which the first few pages > > were > > pretty bad and I was thinking of rejecting them > but > > then the book started to be quite > > problem-free--until > > the last few pages. grin So fixing it wasn't bad. > > > > G.Cindy > > > > --- Guido Corona <guidoc@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > Just finished work on "The Brat". In the end > the > > > Bookshare processor > > > assigned a quality rating of 99.97% or so. Not > > bad > > > at all for a 'fair' > > > book. We should give aledgedly 'fair' books in > > the > > > queue a chance with a > > > once-over before nuking them. G. > > > > > > G. > > > > > > Guido Dante Corona > > > IBM Research, > > > Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC) > > > Austin Tx. > > > Phone: 512. 838. 9735. > > > Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > Web: http://www.ibm.com/able > > > > > > ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most > > certain > > > they were right who > > > were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, > just > > > maybe, those who > > > questioned the most were in the end those who > came > > > closest to being wise." > > > [David Poyer, The Command] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Guido Corona/Austin/IBM@IBMUS > > > Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > 01/28/2008 01:10 PM > > > Please respond to > > > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > To > > > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > cc > > > > > > Subject > > > [bksvol-discuss] fair books I rejected are back > on > > > step 1 -- The Brat? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I am working on The Brat. I can't see anything > > > wrong with the book. has > > > a K1K rating of 99.55%. Repaired author in > title > > > page. Normalizing page > > > headers and reconstructing words split by page > > > boundaries. Seems to be > > > very high quality OCR job. Am I missing > > something? > > > > > > G. > > > > > > > > > Guido Dante Corona > > > IBM Research, > > > Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC) > > > Austin Tx. > > > Phone: 512. 838. 9735. > > > Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > Web: http://www.ibm.com/able > > > > > > ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most > > certain > > > they were right who > > > were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, > just > > > maybe, those who > > > questioned the most were in the end those who > came > > > closest to being wise." > > > [David Poyer, The Command] > > > > > > > > > > > > "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > 01/27/2008 02:01 PM > > > > > > Please respond to > > > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > To > > > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > cc > > > > > > Subject > > > [bksvol-discuss] fair books I rejected are back > on > > > step 1 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I rejected several romances with "fair" ratings. > > > They are back on > > > step 1 with comments by Carrie. > > > > > > > > > the books are > > > No buttons or bows > > > the brat > > > Broken Vows, Mended Hearts > > > Second Chances Abound (Wisconsin, Book 3) > > > squeeze play > > > > > > Just letting you folks know in case somebody > wants > > > to put in all the > > > effort it will take to fix up these mysteries. I > > > think there is a lot > > > of work here though some may find it interesting > > to > > > fix these up. If > > > you have a lot of time, here's your chance to > fix > > up > > > fair scans. > > > > > > E. > > > > > > > > > At 07:20 PM 1/20/2008, you wrote: > > > > > > >Bob, if you are experiencing disk space > > problems, > > > have you > > > >considered getting a small external hard drive? > > > It > > > is possible to > > > >find them some weeks at about $50 at one of the > > > major retailers > > > >around the nation. I usually look at > > > salescircular.com. here are > > > >the listings for TEXAS: > > > > > > ><http://salescircular.com/tx/computer/hdiskp.shtml> > > > > http://salescircular.com/tx/computer/hdiskp.shtml > > > > > > > > > > > >Guido > > > > > > > > > > > >Guido Dante Corona > > > >IBM Research, > > > >Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC) > > > >Austin Tx. > > > >Phone: 512. 838. 9735. > > > >Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx > > > >Web: > > > <http://www.ibm.com/able>http://www.ibm.com/able > > > > > > > >". . . Maybe it was only those who were most > > > certain they were right > > > >who were guaranteed to be wrong. And that > maybe, > > > just maybe, those > > > >who questioned the most were in the end those > who > > > came closest to being > > > wise." > > > >[David Poyer, The Command] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >"Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > >Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > >01/20/2008 01:42 PM > > > >Please respond to > > > >bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > >To > > > ><bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > >cc > > > >Subject > > > >[bksvol-discuss] Re: Help me with The Rise and > > Fall > > > of the Third Reich > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Unfortunately, I no longer have the original > > > document. It's a big book > > > and I > > > >have limitted disk space. > > > > > > > >Sorry. > > > >----- Original Message ----- > > > >From: "Pratik Patel" <pratikp1@xxxxxxxxx> > > > >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > >Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 12:43 PM > > > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help me with The > > Rise > > > and Fall of the Third > > > >Reich > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ok. Whoever validated the Rise and Fall, > > would > > > you please e-mail me > > > > > pages, > > > > > Roman numeral 10, 11, and 12? If you kept > the > > > book that you > > > validated, > > > > > this > > > > > should be an easy task. I'd like to compare > > the > > > input with the > > > resulting > > > > > text. I believe I know what's happening but > > > would like to confirm. If > > > > > you > > > > > don't have the text available, please let me > > > know and I'll contact > > > Claire. > > > > > I'll write a separate message regarding what > > > happens with Kes and > > > Braille. > > > > > There have been more than 60 messages on > this > > > topic in the last few > > > days > > > > > and > > > > > it might just confuse a lot of people. If > you > > > have the pages, you can > > > > > send > > > > > them to me at pratikp1@xxxxxxxxxx There is > no > > > reason for the list to > > > get > > > > > involved until I can check this out. > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Pratik > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > [<mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > > On Behalf Of Judy s. > > > > > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 1:19 PM > > > > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help me with > The > > > Rise and Fall of the > > > Third > > > > > Reich > > > > > > > > > > I've seen it often, where chapters end in > the > > > middle of the page, and > > > a > > > > > new > > > > > chapter starts on the same page right below > > the > > > previous chapter's > > > ending, > > > > > but I > > > > > can't recall ever seeing a table of contents > > > ending and chapter 1 > > > > > beginning > > > > > on > > > > > the same page. > > > > > > > > > > Judy s. > > > > > cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > Kenneth Cross wrote: > > > > >> Just how many books have you validated > where > > a > > > chapter actually began > > > on > > > > >> the same page where the book's Contents > > ended; > > > i.e., Contents ends, > > > > >> Chapter 1 is indicated, and part of Chapter > 1 > > > begins on that same > > > page? > > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grandma > > > Cindy" > > > > > <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > >> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 6:35 PM > > > > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help me with > > The > > > Rise and Fall of the > > > > >> Third Reich > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >>> In many print books, such as the book I'm > > > validating > > > > >>> now, chapters do begin in the middle of > the > > > page, > > > > >>> though I don't see any logical reason for > > it. > > > I also > > > > >>> don't see a reason why chapters have to > > begin > > > on an > > > > >>> odd-numbered, or right-hand (facing the > > > reader) page, > > > > >>> requiring a blank page preceding it. This > is > > > as > > > > >>> annoying to the sighted reader as it > > probably > > > is to a > > > > >>> blind reader--and a waste of paper. > > > > >>> > > > > >>> G.Cindy > > > > >>> > > > > >>> > > > > >>> - Chapters will begin on the same page > with > > > > >>>> the Contents of the book, and most > chapters > > > begin in > > > > >>>> the middle of a page. One would think > that > > > there > > > > >>>> was a better way. > > > > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: > Bob > > > > >>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > >>>> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 2:50 > PM > > > > >>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help me > > with > > > The > > > > >>>> Rise and Fall of the Third Reich > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> Okay, this is pretty strange. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> As I said in a previous message I was > > using > > > > >>>> k1000v10. Others with other software or > > other > > > > >>>> versions of Kurzweil may find different > > > results. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> I downloaded the daisy copy of "the > rise > > > and fall > > > > >>>> of the third Reich" and opened it in > > > Kurzweil. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> There are random page numbers that do > > show > > > in the > > > > >>>> book, page VII for example. However, most > > are > > > > >>>> missing. But, Kurzweil is true to the > book > > if > > > you > > > > >>>> make allowances for the extra page that > > > bookshare > > > > >>>> adds in on page two. For example, page > 1524 > > > in the > > > > >>>> book was reported on page 1525. So, to > find > > > out what > > > > >>>> page you are on press shift f1 in the > book > > > and > > > > >>>> mentally add the number 1 to whatever > k1000 > > > reports > > > > >>>> you are on. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> I checked out header avoidance in the > > > reading > > > > >>>> settings, making sure that header > avoidance > > > was > > > > >>>> enabled. According to the manual, this > > should > > > report > > > > >>>> page headings, but it doesn't. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> I swear the page numbers were there > when > > > the book > > > > >>>> was submitted to the bookshare > > > administration. I can > > > > >>>> only conclude that the stripper took them > > > out, or > > > > >>>> Kurzweil isn't reporting them. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> I am going to save the book in .txt > > format, > > > open > > > > >>>> it with a good old text editor and see if > > > page > > > > >>>> numbers and, I hope, page breaks are > there. > > > But, > > > > >>>> don't hold your breath. I'll report it if > > > there is > > > > >>>> any difference. > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> Bob > > > > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > From: > > > Kenneth Cross > > > > >>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > >>>> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 > 12:35 > > PM > > > > >>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help me > > > with The > > > > >>>> Rise and Fall of the Third Reich > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> Will the daisy tags indicate the > actual > > > page > > > > >>>> number or will those tags reflect the > > number > > > of > > > > >>>> pages, including introductory pages? Any > > > way, I > > > > >>>> will try that right now. > > > > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: Kellie Hartmann > > > > >>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > >>>> Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2008 > > 12:51 > > > PM > > > > >>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Help > me > > > with The > > > > >>>> Rise and Fall of the Third Reich > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> > > > > >>>> If you get the Daisy version, you > can > > > see the > > > > >>>> page numbers in the Daisy tags using the > > > Bookmark > > > > >>>> list commands. 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