The problem with cookbooks is, they don't scan accurately; at least, that's my experience trying to validate them. - Jackie McCraw ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carrie Karnos" <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 18, 2004 3:13 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Self-validation > Hi Mary, > > There were some cookbooks on the download list a few weeks back, and I > would have loved to validate them, but they were in KES which I can't > read. I'll check around my kitchen and see if I can find any spare > cookbooks for you. > > Thanks for understanding my comments, Carrie > > --- Mary Otten <maryotten@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Carrie, > > I think you've mentioned excellent reasons why you should keep on > > validating your own submissions, especially those which require access > > to the original print by a sighted person. You definitely did the right > > thing > > imho, because the great majorityh of validators, all of us who can't > > see, couldn't have done what you did. And even a sighted person would > > have had to go to the trouble to get the print copy if they wanted to do > > the > > same checking that you were able to do without the hassle. If you feel > > inspired, I hope you'll try a few more cookbooks. Those are especially > > frustrating to scan and get accurate enough to use. I have shelves of > > them, many of which present serious challenges. Gotta love those > > fractions. Or maybe not. > > Mary > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! > http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail > >