If you can't fix the error it might be a good idea to rescan the page.
The proofreader is unlikely to have a copy of the book to compare it to.
On 9/28/2018 2:27 AM, Chelsea wrote:
The errors in question are not from the book. They are generated during my scan of the book, basically OCR related stuff that I can fix nine times out of 10. The stuff I can’t fix, I leave alone.
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On Sep 28, 2018, at 2:19 AM, Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I couldn't find Chelsea's address to copy her; Chelsea, when you submit the book you should write that it might have some problems and perhaps should be proofed by a sighted person; what is the book (i.e., genre? fiction or nonfiction? I'm currently fixing a proof I messed up but whenI've finished that, if no one else offers to proof it for you I'm willing; I'm not the fasted proofer though; I would have said, until this last effort, that I'm one of the most careful, but ...
Cindy
Cindy
On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 11:07 PM Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Wait a minute. Roger I get the impression, perhaps erroneously,
that Chelsea means the error she sees are in the print book, not
just her scan; but those,unfortunately, she can't correct; you
have to leave those alone, Chelsea; all you can do is write a
note in the Comments space when you check submit the book is
that there are a lot of errors (spelling, punctuation,
grammatical et al -- in the scan that are in the book you are
scanning; if I'm misunderstanding you then Roger is correct and
you have to change them; or the proofreader will; proofreader
will compare your scan with a print copy of the book and will
write a comment that the book has been compared with the scanned
file and is exactly the same as teh print book, including all errors
hth
Cindy
On Thu, Sep 27, 2018 at 8:52 PM Roger Loran Bailey
<dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Let me add this about how I do it. I have not always done it
this way,
but after getting so much experience I have developed this
routine
because it seems to work better. I scan one page at a time
and keep my
settings in one page mode. I then read through each page
before starting
the next one and correct any scanning errors I come across.
Then I scan
the next page and read through it too. I then do a spell
check on both
of the pages in one spell check session to pick up any errors
that I
might have missed. This slows me down quite a bit, but it
gets the best
scan I can do and I am sure that my proofreader appreciates
it. Scanning
errors still do get past me though. Formatting is not my
forte, so I
leave that for the proofreader, but if you have the proper
software -
and I think Kurzweil is the proper software - and know how to
do it it
would be a good idea to format too. That is, make the
proofreading as
much as a formality as you can. The proofreading will still
not really
be a formality though. Even with my preproofing I don't think
I have
ever uploaded one of my scans that was error free. That
becomes apparent
when the proofreader emails me with questions about scanning
errors and
I find myself asking myself how could I have missed them.
On 9/27/2018 11:37 PM, Roger Loran Bailey (Redacted sender
rogerbailey81
for DMARC) wrote:
> Not only can you repair the errors, but you are encouraged
to do so.
> Please correct any scanning errors you come across and if
you miss any
> the proofreader will hopefully catch them. Your scanning
software
> should have settings that will insert all page breaks, but
until you
> find that setting do insert the missing page breaks. I
think you are
> scanning two pages at a time in one page mode. But if you
want to take
> extra time - or it might be less time because you will
likely not have
> so many scanning errors to correct - scan in one page mode
one page at
> a time rather than two pages at a time. I find that will
reduce the
> number of scanning errors.
>
>
> On 9/27/2018 10:32 PM, Chelsea wrote:
>> Hi everyone!
>> So, tonight, I have begun scanning one of the books I have
received.
>> So far, it’s doing an OK job, but I am definitely seeing
some errors.
>> Lots of 11s in place of h and stuff like that. I feel
compelled to
>> clean up some of them, especially ones that I know I can
fix. Can I
>> do this, or do I have to leave it the way that is, even if
it’s
>> pretty bad?
>> Also, right now, my scanner is saving the file as a KES
document.
>> When I have finished scanning the book, and save it as an
RTF for
>> book share, will it put in the page breaks, or do I have
to do that
>> manually? The reason I ask is because my scanner
identifies the page
>> breaks, but only for each newly scanned page. In other
words, there
>> are actually two print pages on one scanned page if that
makes sense.
>> Thanks for all your help!
>>
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