I think I'll take your advice; it takes too much time to make all these corrections! - Jackie ----- Original Message ----- From: Guido Corona To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 11:04 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: If text is too good Jackie, nuke the book. Guido D. Corona IBM Accessibility Center, Austin Tx. IBM Research, Phone: (512) 838-9735 Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx Visit my weekly Accessibility WebLog at: http://www-3.ibm.com/able/weblog/corona_weblog.html "Jackie M." <xercon@xxxxxxx> Sent by: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 09/03/2004 06:55 PM Please respond to bksvol-discuss To <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Subject [bksvol-discuss] Re: If text is too good Hi, I have a book for validation that has the first (or last) few letters of each line cut off, so I am trying to guess what should go there. It's taking me forever!!! So I second the advice to rejoice and be glad if you get an easily-validateable book. - Jackie McCraw ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jana Jackson" <jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 9:55 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: If text is too good > Hi, Mike! I'm not sure how long you've been on this list, but lately, > there's been a lot of discussion about improving the quality of submissions > to Bookshare. In an effort to do this, many of us are checking our scans > thoroughly before submitting, which means that most, if not all, of the > scannos and formatting errors can be caught before we upload them. It > sounds like you've just been blessed to validate a book that really didn't > need to be worked on. <Smile> My advice would be to take it for what it is, > and don't over-analyze. Also, keep in mind that some of our volunteers are > sighted, and they may have tried to correct the formatting before submitting > the book. Trust me, this doesn't happen often, at least not at this point, > so rejoice and be glad! <Smile> > > Jana > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, September 03, 2004 9:37 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] If text is too good > > > > I'm right now working on validating a book that almost seems too perfect > > leading me to question whether the submission might be an etext from > > somewhere else. > > It's definitely not webb-Braille or another blindness group; but > > formatting seems perfect and I am not coming up with spelling errors. > > I certainly don't want to erroneously intimate that something wasn't > > scanned; so what might be some ways of seeking to verify the authenticity > > of a submission without outright questioning the submitter? > > Or should I just validate the book indicating my concerns in the comment > > field and let Palo Alto decide for themselves. > > > > > > > > >