[bksvol-discuss] Re: My Thoughts on Credit values
- From: "Merrill Louise" <STARBASEWILDGOOSE@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 18:45:13 -0400
Your remark about duplicate pages made me chuckle--not about the duplicates,
but about my first time encountering them in a bookshare book. I was reading
a Star Trek novel--complete with corn badges instead of com badges--when the
page repeated. I reread it. It happened again. I reread it. Finally, I
realized I could skip them. This wasn't part of the book. In the television
series, there were episodes where people were in a time loop and they
actually repeated events over and over again. I thought that was what was
happening at first, and then realized this was a spurious plot line
introduced by the scanner.
Merrill Louise, Pastor
The Judson Fellowship
Jamestown, New York
cell/office 716.969.2840
"With all my heart I praise the Lord, and I am glad because of God my
Savior. (Luke 1:46-47)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rui Cabral" <rui@xxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 4:32 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: My Thoughts on Credit values
> Hi:
> I mostly do validating, and although i would like mor credit, i recognize
> there is no easy, efficient way for bookshare to change the system.
>
> I have validated some scans that were worth $2.50 and i have validated
scans
> that i should have been paid $5 to tackle. (smile)
>
> I just validated a scan that had 47 pages that had duplicates, now come
on,
> the scanner couldn't have removed those?
>
> Believe me, if all the material is there in a workable way, i will spend
> some time with a book, but i will just as easily reject a book if it's
> missing pages, etc. (i can't go to the library everytime)
>
> Overall, i have seen some really nice scans submitted.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna Smith" <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2004 4:01 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] My Thoughts on Credit values
>
>
> > I think the split is something like $2 for the submitter and $0.50 for
the
> > validator. I think this is based on the assumption that the scanner
will
> do
> > some clean-up before submitting. If we in fact submit a good $2 scan,
> then
> > perhaps $0.50 for validation is fair, but when the scanner doesn't clean
> up
> > before submitting, then this is not really very fair.
> >
> > I'd personally be more comfortable if there was greater equity in the
> > distribution of credits for submitters and validators. I've been
> validating
> > this weekend to help work down the list, and out of the eight books I've
> > validated, only one was an easy/$0.50 job.
> >
> > Equity in earning credits may also relieve the problem of receiving more
> > scans than volunteers can readily validate.
> >
> > Just my two cents worth while I take a brain break from a pretty tedious
> > validation. The text is beautiful, but the book is full of charts and
> > graphs that I'm deleting because they're just gibberish. I'm about half
> way
> > through and my dentist appointment next week is starting to look pretty
> > interesting. <grin>
> >
> > Peace and Hope,
> >
> > Donna
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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