[bksvol-discuss] Re: **Dialect in books [was text Quality]**

  • From: "Paula Muysenberg" <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 18:07:51 -0500

    If a book contains dialect that might be a problem with synthesizers, it
might be helpful to note this in the synopsis. Otherwise, people unfamiliar
with the book might think it was full of scanning errors. I also like the
idea of creating a pronunciation dictionary to handle such books.

Regards,
Paula


> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Louise" <lougou@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 12:01 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: **text Quality**
>
>
> > speaking of text quality, how do you handle a book in which the word you
> > appears as a y and an apostrophe, or the word you're appears as y'r  or
> the
> > word to appears as the letter t and an apostrophe.  This may be fine
with
> a
> > Braille display, but it's very annoying with speech. As an example:
> >
> > Are y' going t' the store today?
> >
> > I realize this is a form of dialect and assume it should be left as is,
is
> > this correct?  If it was me,  I would put the letter a after the y' and
> the
> > t', which would make it easier to listen to, but that would change the
> book,
> > which I assume is a  no-no. Louise
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <talmage@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 10:02 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: **text Quality**
> >
> >
> > > At 10:49 PM 4/28/2004, you wrote:
> > >
> > > > >This without doubt is my biggest issue with bookshare.  The "fair
> > rating."
> > > > >In my experience, anything marked fair is usually almost
unreadable.
> > >
> > > I agree with the overall sentiment of what you are saying, but there
are
> > > always exceptions to any rule.
> > > Some books are still rated fair as a result of the bug that existed in
> the
> > > Bookshare rating system a while back;
> > > Some books are rated fair because of numerous foreign language words,
> and
> > a
> > > poor job by the person who edited the submission in not catching this
> and
> > > boosting the rating;
> > > Some are rated fair because the headers and footers didn't scan well
and
> > > weren't stripped out, but the text may deserve a good rating;
> > > Some books may have instances of hand written letters inserted which
may
> > > not seriously impact the overall readability of the book;
> > > Some books may be accurate reflections of the written text, but by
> todays
> > > standards of spelling and grammar may get a fair rating;
> > > and, some books may be so old and rare that you can't find them
> elsewhere,
> > > but you can only get a fair rating out of them.
> > >
> > > Perhaps Bookshare should also have a poor rating for the really bad
> scans,
> > > but where the books may still have some redeeming qualities.
> > >
> > > > >To the people who say, "having the book is better then no book at
> all,"
> > I
> > > > >say, you are outright wrong!!"
> > > >
> > > >I have to say, that 1 word "wrong", was probably the only reason I
> > decided
> > > >to respond to this message.
> > > As the saying goes, "different strokes for different folks."  I may
like
> > > single malt scotch, while you may not, but this doesn't make you
> > > wrong.  It's called a different opinion.
> > > While I may not read books with a fair rating often, there have been
> > > occasions where I have because they may have been the only copy I
could
> > > find available.
> > > Personally, I hate braille, and wouldn't even consider reading
anything
> > > longer than a label in that form; likewise, I no longer listen to tape
> > > books as I can kill a cassette player probably quicker then anyone you
> > have
> > > ever met.
> > > It also used to drive me crazy trying to coax a tape along that wasn't
> > > cooperating, or getting to tape 4, of a 6 tape set only to find it was
> > useless.
> > >
> > > Ultimately, I would like to see Bookshare start a program aimed at
> > > improving the quality of the collection.  Maybe have a separate
download
> > > section for the volunteers where the books rated fair could be
rescanned
> > to
> > > improve the quality.
> > >
> > > In closing, I have to add, that after using a KRM model 400 for years,
> > even
> > > some of the books rated fair on Bookshare are an improvement.
> > >
> > > Dave
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>



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