[bksvol-discuss] Re: Volunteers: how much work is realistic

  • From: "J.M." <inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 15:53:39 -0700

Hi, Paula. I don't usually mess with the headers, either, unless I'm 
absolutely sure, and that's actually how it should be done. If you're unsure 
about anything, just leave it in. Take care.
Julie Morales
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paula Mack" <pmack1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 10:06 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Volunteers: how much work is realistic


Hi Kellie,

I must be weird, because I would find editing while reading, or even before 
reading,  a barier to my enjoyment of the book.  Books have been my escape 
since I was a kid, and I enjoy nothing more than to relax with a good book. 
What I've been doing for the validation is to read a portion of the book, 
then go through it with the spellcheck on my braille notetaker. Each time I 
see an error, I find the spot in the text which I have open in Wordpad and 
correct it.  At first, I was using Word, but decided that seeing the braille 
helped me identify errors more quickly and accurately.
So I decided to use that spellchecker rather than the one in Word, so didn't 
need to have Word open.

I do wish Open book had all the utilities in it to help with stripping 
headers and ranking errors, but I'm kind of afraid to start fooling with the 
headers myself in case I inadvertently left some in, making it more 
difficult for the Bookshare staff to work on the validated book.

 -----Original Message-----
From: Kellie Hartmann <kellhart@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sep 9, 2004 12:22 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Volunteers:  how much work is realistic

Hi Paula,
Following the Bookshare guidelines when working on a book is all that's
required. Many volunteers choose to read the book and correct as they go,
but that's usually because they wanted to read the book anyway. What you're
doing is great--don't feel bad or frustrated that you aren't doing enough.
Kellie






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