Fair Quality Scans: No Longer AcceptedSharon, When a validator uploads a book and is given its quality rating, he/she has the opportunity at that point to raise the rating if it is felt that dialects, unfamiliar names, places, etc. are causing too low a rating. Jill ----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 8:04 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Fair Quality Scans: No Longer Accepted I have some questions about this. I'm delighted first of all! But how does the 98.6-99.3 rating compare to k1000? Also, if we are scanning books with lots of words that are not in the dictionary, such as books with Greek, Hebrew, and/or Latin transliterations, proper names, Biblical names, etc., or medical or psychological terms which are not well known, and we have read the book word for word, how do we indicate that, and how does that effect the rating? Also, I routinely add words to k1000 dictionary so my rating would be higher than say the rating of someone who did not add such words. I am delighted at this change! Sharon -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Claire O'Brien Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 6:57 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fair Quality Scans: No Longer Accepted Dear Bookshare Volunteers: In our ongoing effort to raise the quality standard of the reading experience at Bookshare.org, we are happy to announce that 'Fair' quality scans will no longer be accepted. We feel that in order to honor our commitment to offer the best reading experience possible for the print-disabled community, scanned books must now meet the minimum quality standard of 'Good' (98.6-99.3% words recognized by our quality rating and dictionary). Our collection is largely built from our volunteer community, and we value the contributions from each of our supporters. We hope that this decision will improve the Bookshare.org experience for both our readers and volunteers. For helpful hints on how to produce better scans, please browse the following resources: The Volunteer Manual (soon be renamed the Scanning and Validation Manual): http://www.bookshare.org/web/VMMain.html Friends of Bookshare web page: www.friendsofbookshare.org Jake's web page: www.jbrownell.com/bks/ Sincerely, Claire O'Brien Collection Development Manager, Bookshare Benetech 480 S. California Ave., Suite 201 Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA claireo@xxxxxxxxxxxx www.bookshare.org The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity A Nonprofit Organization ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.516 / Virus Database: 269.19.2/1224 - Release Date: 1/14/2008 5:39 PM