I think I understand what is being talked about now, but it doesn't seem like something that would be very efficient. How, for example, could you get the spelling of a word from an audio book? I think Google books is a better option.
On 6/4/2012 10:30 PM, Mayrie ReNae wrote:
Hi Roger, If, for example, NLS has a copy of a book recorded, or someone has purchased an audiobook from audible.com, but they were proofreading that same book to add to the Bookshare collection, they could listen to the mp3 to hear what missing words in a scan should be. It'd be, in my opinion, very tedious to find particular text in an audiobook to compare, but sometimes, you've gotta do what you gotta do to get the job done. It's the audible option for a blind person, where a sighted proofreader could checkout a copy of a print book from their library to compare the scanned text and fix scanning errors. Does that help, or did I just totally muddy the waters? Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Roger Loran Bailey Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 7:24 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Question about MP3 audio What does not make sense to me, though, is the comment about using the MP3 books to proofread. I don't understand that. On 6/4/2012 10:18 PM, Mayrie ReNae wrote:Hi Dasha, Whew, a question I can answer with confidence and ease! Thank you! When you request books in mp3 format, they will become available to you more quickly if someone else has requested that particular book before. It takes longer to create the mp3 book the first time it isrequested.Does that make sense? Mayrie -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dasha Radford Sent: Monday, June 04, 2012 7:12 PM To: Bookshare Volunteers Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Question about MP3 audio Hi, Does anybody ever use the audio versions of books to proof read? And also anybody have any idea why one book no correction two of the books I downloaded in MP3 format we're done with in three minutes and my third one is taking its own sweet time? Just curious as to why to books would be done so fast and then the third one be so awfully slow. Thanks, DR Sent from my iPhone To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subjectline.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a listof 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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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