[bookshare-discuss] Re: Volunteering for Bookshare
- From: Nimit <kaur.nimit@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:16:40 -0400
Hi, Chris,
First, welcome to Bookshare and this list. Second, there are certain
requirements in proofreading from bookshare such as title = 20 points bold and
chapters = 16 points bold. These are the ones who the volunteers have to make
sure exist in the book and of course, there are some more requirements but I
only mention the one coming to my mind at this moment. As far as matching text
goes, if I am unsure about something such as a scano, I usually contact the
scanner hoping that they can assist. The Bookshare volunteering list has great
people in which some are sighted who are willing to take a sneak peak either
from Amazon or loaning a book from their library system for assisting. I
personally find it easier to proofread with a braille display. That way, I can
see spelling and punctuation. Now, there have been times when the book has a
spelling error and you think it is a scano, but it matches with the print book
you had someone confirm. Then, we are supposed to leave it like that and not
change the copyright version. I have had instances like that in which I
encountered a spelling scano and apparently it matched the print book so I left
it there. Basically, the short answer to your question from my experience is
ask. I hope that helps a bit.
Have a great day to you too!
Thanks!
Sent from my iPad
> On Apr 13, 2014, at 4:49 PM, Christine Szostak
> <szostak.1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> I am considering volunteering for Bookshare and have a quick question. My
> particular interest is in proof reading as I have done a fair amount of
> general proofing for students, peers, and colleagues and love doing it!
>
> As I am totally blind, I was curious if anyone here without any vision is a
> proof reader and how you deal with things like making sure paging is
> accurately matching the original hard-copy source and how you deal with
> things like knowing that bolding needs to be added without looking visually
> at the original source... I know how you check for these types of things with
> JAWS so I would know how to check whether they are present or not, but what
> I do not know is how to check whether they match the original text. Any
> advice or suggestions would be much appreciated!
> Have a wonderful week!
> Chris
> Christine M. Szostak, PhD
> Assistant Professor
> Department of Psychology
> Shorter University
> Rome, Georgia
> szostak.1@xxxxxxx
>
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