The first book I submitted, I did all of those things, and I am glad to
do so, if that is the process.
All my life I have punched through the fact that it may take me an hour
to accomplish something that a sighted person can do in 5 minutes. The
older I get, I am struggling with the reality that at some point I need
to swallow my pride and allow others to do things that they are better
equip to do. But if this project is not a good place for that to happen,
I am good with that and will press on. Lord willing, I will have my
second book submitted before the end of the week. I appreciate the
opportunity to serve.
--
by grace alone,
Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
Lakeshore Baptist Church
http://lakeshorebaptist.net
http://rebuildlakeshore.com
On 12/31/2019 9:58 AM, sjryan2@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
As a scanner, I do all the things you ask about. It is my thinking that: AsTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
the scanner, I have the print book, so anything that involves looking at the
book should be done by me before submission. My doing these things before I
submit does not take away the proofreader's duty of checking to be sure I've
done it--the proofreader needs to read every word in the book to be sure I
haven't missed errors, and check all the formatting to be sure I've caught
the font attributes for DAISY tracking (for example 16-point and bold for
chapters). I personally believe that, as the scanner, it's my duty to submit
a book as close to perfect as I can, so that the proofreader can read it
without finding glaring errors that require email communication with me to
find out what the book actually says, etc. Having to do that makes the
process tedious. An excellent book, which we strive for, is much more easily
achieved if the scanner, the foundation of the process, does as much of the
necessary work as possible.
I should quickly add that, if a person proofreading a book of mine runs into
glaring errors, I most definitely want to hear from them! I have the book,
and my goal for the books I help to put into the Bookshare collection is
that they be very high-quality, which to me means higher-quality than
publisher quality!
Sandi
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Don Elbourne
Sent: Tuesday, December 31, 2019 8:59 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Scanning vs Proofreading
As a new volunteer, I have a few questions regarding how much is expected by
a person who scans the book vs the proofreader.
Since I am visually impaired, scanning is the easy part,. Proofreading is
much more dificult. I can do it, but its just much more tedious.
1. For example, as a scanner, should I remove all the page headers, or is
this something that is acceptable to pass along to the proofreader?
2. Do I, as the scanner, need to change the chapter title font size?
3. Every so often my OCR randomly breaks a paragraph. Should I take the time
to repair that before submitting the scan?
4. I use Openbook 9 and for some reason it sometimes randomly places a
paragraph, or an entire page, in bold font when I save as RTF. Is that
something I need to correct, or should I just allow the proofreader to fix
that?
5. And lastly, every so often there is a pretty mangled line or two. I
assume I do need to correct those, since the proofreader does not have the
"exact view" image available to them. Is this correct? How does that work?
I apologize for so many questions, but I want to be as helpful as possible.
--
by grace alone,
Pastor Don A. Elbourne Jr.
Lakeshore Baptist Church
http://lakeshorebaptist.net
http://rebuildlakeshore.com
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