I doubt if color depth is very important. I proofread one textbook that had color highlighting of headings. Since we don't keep pictures, I don't know what else color would be used for. I left the colored text in but don't know whether it is kept by the bookshare conversion tools. I scan in grayscale and the color depth the scanner is capable of would affect that somewhat. But I do it get rid of the age darkening of the page when I scan old books, not to preserve the shades in the text.
Much more important would be the speed of the scanner (as you said) and how well it works with the software (OCR, screen reader, etc) you plan on using.
Misha Andromache wrote:
Thanks for the prompt answer. I'm a tad disappointed I'll have to buy software after all, but I think I can just get Word, rather than the entire Office suite. I'll look into it.AndromacheP.S. If I can't proofread at the moment, I can still scan. I just bought a new scanner because my old one is too slow. Is color depth important for this sort of work if scanning complex things like textbooks?On 3/22/2010 8:46 PM, Mayrie ReNae wrote:Hi there, Unfortunately, you do need software that will recognize, preserve, andannounce page breaks. From what I know, and I don't use NVDA but JAWS, the two pieces of software best able to do what you need to do when proofreadingare either Word, or Kurzweil 1000. Sorry to tell you what may be inconvenient news. But happy proofreading! Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andromache Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 11:29 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Proofreading SoftwareI've just been approved for volunteering for a second time. I used to be onthis list a long time ago but had a different e-mail address. I remember some of the names here.But my question is about screen readers and pagination, and what softwareworks best to edit books. I tried opening the book in both WordPad andOpenOffice, but I don't get any feedback on page breaks. If it helps, I'm using the NVDA screen reader. Do I need to purchase MS Word for the sake ofpagination? Thanks in advance for your help. Andromache To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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