[bksvol-discuss] Re: If text is too good
- From: Pam Quinn <quinns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2004 17:55:01 -0500
She has a book in this batch of new books.
Pam
On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:46:41 -0400 (EDT), you wrote:
>Paula
>
>Please understand that my query was a result of the high quality of the
>submission and is, in effect, a praise of that.
>Perfect formatting, pages easily found, perfect spelling -- in short the
>textbook example of what scanning truly can do.
>As a potential scanner myself still researching both ocr packages and
>hardware, I am trying to understand what separates the acceptible from the
>good from the very good to the outstanding.
>Part, of course, is the equipment. Part is the technique of not only the
>scanning but the work thereafter.
>Part is the experience in doing the task over and over.
>Frankly, I am awaiting the approval by the admins of this book as it will
>give me a link to her other submissions.
>I want to look at some of them to see what I can learn from them as well
>as well as the work of other exceptional submitters.
>Not to incur anyone's wrath, I won't mention any other names -- but there
>are a number of you who routinely submit that I am very impressed by what
>you do on a daily basis.
>
>Has anyone ever set down in words, in an article or minibook, a thome on
>the art of quality scanning; how to select equipment; how to deal with
>difficult situations such as book bindings and the like.
>and oh yes, how to use the equpment. While such a book won't make the NY
>Times best seller list, it would be appreciated by a lot of people out
>there who wishes they could scan within 50% of the ideal.
>
>
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