[bksvol-discuss] Re: yes, let's get tough.

  • From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2007 09:08:39 -0400

Yes it does, as it removes the page numbers too!  which are used to tag the 
book properly and allow those of us who want them to read to a certain page, 
or cite the book in a paper.

PLEASE strip headers by hand leaving the page numbers!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI
and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide
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More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my 
limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
- Helen Keller

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "robert tweedy" <roberttweedy@xxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:05 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: yes, let's get tough.


I am not sure about open book but in kurzweil it doesn't hurt.
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "maithe007" <maithe007@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 8:11 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: yes, let's get tough.


> Robert,
>
> I have a question about the headers.  I am afraid to use the header/footer
> stripper in my Openbook...should I be doing this with all my scans?  I am
> afraid I will distort the text.  Thanks in advance.
>
> Maithe
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "robert tweedy" <roberttweedy@xxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 8:56 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: yes, let's get tough.
>
>
>> Thanks Monica you explained it better than I did. I have seen a few books
>> with the headers still in them and there have a lot of books with errors
>> in them but I am not on anyone's case or anything All of us that includes
>> scanners have to do a better job.
>> Skype contact bobwichitaks phone 316-524-5454
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 7:55 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: yes, let's get tough.
>>
>>
>>> Hi, Mickey. I think people are basically saying that since we're being
>>> paid more credit to validate, let's do a good job and not just pass
>>> stuff through the system. In the past, some people would validate a
>>> bunch of books to earn a year's membership. They didn't spend much time
>>> in individual books because they knew they'd have had to validate 100
>>> books in a year to earn next year's membership. That has changed now. I
>>> could be wrong, but I think people are just encouraging each other to
>>> raise the bar of what's acceptable validation. You have always been a
>>> careful validater, Mickey, so I don't see that this would change a lot
>>> for you. (smile) You taught me a lot about being a good validater. I
>>> used to be the kind of person who would just get a book and read it,
>>> ignoring small errors and only stopping if I literally couldn't read
>>> something. That has changed, and you, Sue, Katie, and Elizabeth are all
>>> responsible for helping me make that change. It didn't happen overnight
>>> or even over a period of weeks. It took me a good year or more to
>>> finally understand and then incorporate careful validation principles
>>> into how I do things. It's taken another year for me to refine the
>>> process, to use a system to do these things quickly and comfortably.
>>>
>>> Monica Willyard
>>>
>>>
>>> mickey wrote:
>>>> I think I'll do pretty much the same job I've always done, because I
>>>> think all of us are doing our best. I don't know that we should change
>>>> our criteria for accepting or rejecting a book. We validators work
>>>> hard to make the best product we can. Because we've changed our rate
>>>> of pay, I don't quite understand what that has to do with the
>>>> scanners. Maybe I'm missing something.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Mickey Prahin
>>>>
>>>
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