[bksvol-discuss] Re: PDF Files
- From: "Andy B." <sonfire11@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 07:31:01 -0400
You have to create your own paragraphs, page numbers and pagebreaks. Haven't
found OCR that can do it right yet.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes
Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:40 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: PDF Files
I don't think it does unless it was in the original, but I haven't seen this
happen so far, smile.
Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
and Ludden Black Labrador Guide Dog
The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he
does it without destroying something else. -John Updike, writer (1932-2009)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:16 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: PDF Files
> Does the scanning software break the file down into true paragraphs? I
> actually had this problem when reading some materials that were in some
> Vistas files for world religions that was, in fact, a computerized
> learning system. (That particular issue had nothing to do with BookShare.)
>
> CL
>
> On Aug 14, 2010, at 9:09 PM, Shelley L. Rhodes wrote:
>
>> I suspect and this is probably a large guess on my part.
>>
>> That we the volunteer accessing said PDF submitted by said publisher
>> in
>> some point in the future,
>>
>> Would have to run it through Either Adobe, or Kurzweil, or Openbook
>> to
>> "unlock" the PDF and make it so it is an .rtf so that Bookshare can
>> process it, and if it is a PDF where it is the images of the pages not
>> the actual text created in a word processor one of us would have to OCR
>> and then edit it.
>>
>> I did read that article too, so know where he or she is coming from
>> but
>> it hasn't happened yet.
>>
>> Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
>> and Ludden Black Labrador Guide Dog
>>
>> The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before,
>> and
>> he does it without destroying something else. -John Updike, writer
>> (1932-2009)
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2010 9:22 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: PDF Files
>>
>>
>>> Oh, Arghhhh! There was apparently an article which I never read that
>>> indicated that some publishers (small ones) would submit their books in
>>> pdf format and that they would need to be proofread. The person who
>>> asked the question had read this article. It is apparently an article on
>>> why volunteers are still an integral part of Bookshare. So this person
>>> was wondering how one would proofread such a file. I don't guess I
>>> completely understood the question. Sorry to cause all this trouble, for
>>> I know pretty much the rules governing volunteering at Bookshare; I just
>>> haven't had the time to do it much lately.
>>> Thanks for all your help folks. *smile*
>>>
>>> Cindy Lou
>>>
>>> On Aug 14, 2010, at 8:10 PM, Monica Willyard wrote:
>>>
>>>> Cindy, we don't accept pdf files or files directly from a
>>>> publisher. All books we submit are supposed to have paragraphs and
>>>> page breaks. If a publisher wants to donate a book, it needs to go
>>>> through Bookshare itself. We aren't supposed to submit e-books that
>>>> we buy somewhere unless we get prior permission from Bookshare
>>>> staff. From what I understand from Bookshare staff, e-books we buy
>>>> somewhere don't have the same legal standing as print books.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Monica Willyard
>>>> Visit my GoodReads book shelf at http://www.goodreads.com/plumlipstick
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