[bksvol-discuss] Re: Planning to Scan
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 20:44:50 -0700 (PDT)
The book Misery was like that,i.e., first the novelist was writing on an old
typewriter which had certain keys that didn't type write evenly; then he had to
write by hand, print with difficulty.
Cindy
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--- On Wed, 10/8/08, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Planning to Scan
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, October 8, 2008, 3:01 AM
> Hi Jill,
>
> The only reason this book's fonts are a problem is
> because they are
> different enough that when one scans cleanly, the other
> scans with many
> errors. One font is a standard font. The other looks like
> the font created
> by using a very old typewriter. This second font requires
> using the setting
> to recognized degraded text, while the first font is
> "normal" text. This is
> not a common occurrence in books, as far as I've seen.
>
>
> I do regulate the font within each book that I scan, as
> far as
> making it all the same size. I do this, because in most
> cases, scanned
> books are full of many sizes of fonts. This makes for very
> difficult
> reading among folks who use their eyes to read at all,
> which is everyone
> using bookshare except we totally blind folks. Since it
> takes only 30
> seconds, tops, to do, I'm happy to make everyone have a
> less difficult
> reading experience. But that is just my feeling on the
> subject.
>
> Hope I answered your question sufficiently.
>
> Mayrie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Jill O'Connell
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:15 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Planning to Scan
>
> Mary, I scan with Kurzweil and I don't concern myself
> with fonts. If it is
> reading correctly, I assume the scan is okay. Am I missing
> something
> important here?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mayrie ReNae"
> <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:06 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Planning to Scan
>
>
> > Hi Christina,
> >
> > Thought I'd warn you. "The Art of
> Detection" by Laurie R. King is a
> > book I started to work on and kind of bailed on. It
> is written in two
> > separate fonts. So, just when you think you've
> got your scanner settings
> > set right, the font will change, and you'll need
> to readjust. It isn't
> > unmanageable, if you scan and read a few pages at a
> time as you scan.
> > You'll end up, probably, with two sets of scanning
> settings that will work
> > and have to switch between them. I just wasn't
> patient enough to do the
> > work. Just thought I'd tell you what you can
> expect with that one, so
> > that
> > you can be prepared for the kind of work it will take.
> >
> > I really like that series of books, so will be
> thrilled and pay
> > homage to your patience once that one is in the
> collection! Thanks for
> > taking on a bear of a book! You're awesome!
> >
> > Mayrie
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
> Of Christina
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:30 PM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Planning to Scan
> >
> > Hello, everyone. I have some very good friends who
> are letting me borrow
> > some of their books to scan and add to Bookshare. I
> plan to scan the
> > following:
> > Guardians of the West by David Eddings
> > Player of Games by Iain Banks
> > The Tides of Time by John Brunner
> > Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold
> > The Art of Detection by Laurie R. King
> > The Jack Vance Treasury by Jack Vance
> > Night's Daughter by Tanith Lee
> > A Dirty Job by Christopher
> > Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn.
> >
> > It's obviously going to take me a while to get
> through all of these so if
> > any of you want to validate any of these or want to
> read any of them right
> > away, please let me know and I'll do those first.
> > Thanks.
> > Christina
> >
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