Jim, I have not been able to find page numbers in the file of daisy books I submit--page breaks yes, but page numbers no. For example, I submitted a book by Jay Parini which had all of its page numbers in tact. I can't find any in the Daisy file. (I refer here to the oc file.) Could you please send me the names of a few books which actually do preserve the page numbers in daisy but not in the brf file? Thanks. ----- Original Message ----- From: "The Pardees" <fpardee@xxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 1:52 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Where are those contrarians? > But the page numbers are retained in the Daisy format. Kurzweil and the > Bookport open the Daisy version. This is the one I use. > > Jim > > > > At 11:17 AM 7/23/05, you wrote: > > >Yes, I agree. Right now, I remove all headers in most of my submissions, > >making sure all pages are accounted for and numbered. Then, the first thing > >that happens is that all the page numbers get rejected. The validator uses > >them, then they are stripped so that the only two who benefit from the > >numbers are the submitter and the validator. There's something wrong with > >that picture. > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 4:08 AM > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Where are those contrarians? > > > > > > > Kenneth, > > > > > > I'm not sure if my answer to Jim got posted, but ... > > > > > > I'm not sure if it would work, but my idea is that > > > the stripper be eliminated, since it seems to strip > > > pages along with the header, even though it isn't > > > supposed to, from what we've been told. The > > > validators' job would include eliminating the headers > > > by hand, or , where it's possible, by a global replace > > > with nothing (I've done that many times and it works > > > well) but leaving in page numbers of putting them in > > > if they aren't there. That would solve the problem Jim > > > mentioned of some people who listen to books and/or > > > don't have machines that can eliminated headers for > > > themselves. Whether a validator does the minimum of > > > checking copyrights and being sure that all the pages > > > are there, eliminating headers wouldn't take that much > > > more time, and those of us who read and correct as we > > > go along probably do it already. It really isn't a big > > > deal for a validator--and certaiinly the small amount > > > of work and time that's involved is worth it to ensure > > > that the Bookshare member and reader has page numbers > > > but not headers. I don't see what function headers > > > have. I wish a publisher of editor could tell us. I > > > wonder if it isn't just a left-over tradition from > > > when books were first published and monks and scribes > > > decorated books. I'll have to do some research. > > > > > > Cindy > > > > > > -- "Kenneth A. Cross" <crossk@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > I just can't help repeating the point that stripping > > > > page numbers > > > > invalidates the book for any serious researcher or > > > > teacher or leader of a > > > > discussion among blind and sighted users. What we > > > > end up with is a service > > > > only for the casual reader. That does not mean we > > > > don't have a positive > > > > resource, but it does limit its use, particularly in > > > > areas where employment > > > > could result from a more controlled treatment. > > > > > > > > I personally have submitted a large number of > > > > materials which could be used > > > > in research. They can't be, because one would have > > > > to procure a print book > > > > and a sighted helper to use them. To me, that is a > > > > great concern, > > > > particularly because I, too, would like to use some > > > > of the materials on the > > > > system and have the ability to refer to specific > > > > pages in discussions and > > > > teaching. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Rui" <goldWave@xxxxxxx> > > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > Sent: Saturday, July 23, 2005 12:49 AM > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Where are those > > > > contrarians? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Scott: > > > > > As I stated before: > > > > > > > > > > "Regular print books have headers, some have > > > > footers, that is part of a > > > > > print book. > > > > > If we want digital copies of print books then, > > > > take the good with the > > > > bad." > > > > > > > > > > If I don't want to read the headers, I can strip > > > > them out myself or use > > > > an > > > > > automated tool (k1000) to do so." > > > > > > > > > > Scott and Jim, nothing prevents you from stripping > > > > those headers out > > > > > yourself before you begin reading. > > > > > It would then leave the material in the master > > > > copy for those of us who > > > > want > > > > > it. > > > > > > > > > > In fact, I would do more touch-up work on things > > > > like headers but I don't > > > > > because the first couple of lines of each page > > > > seem to be the strippers > > > > > domain and therefore my efforts would be futile. > > > > > > > > > > The ironic thing is that we spend time on this > > > > list devising and testing > > > > > various stripper countermeasures and bookshare is > > > > aware of this and does > > > > not > > > > > discourage it. > > > > > > > > > > Keri Carmos saw that full well with hp6. > > > > > (It's like rolling a boulder up hill) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Jim: > > > > > You make some interesting points. > > > > > As someone has previously mentioned, if the > > > > headers are too mangled, not > > > > > even the stripper will strip them. > > > > > > > > > > The stripper is just plain erratic. It does > > > > different things to the > > > > same > > > > > header within the same book. > > > > > > > > > > This is clearly a case where the benefit is not > > > > worth the cost. not with > > > > all > > > > > this collateral damage being done. > > > > > > > > > > I urge you all to continue doing what your doing. > > > > (if anything try to > > > > > validate a little more so we can cut down the step > > > > 1 page) > > > > > > > > > > I will drop this issue for now, but i am not > > > > forgetting about it and I > > > > trust > > > > > after these last couple days, Bookshare won't > > > > forget either. > > > > > > > > > > -- Rui > > > > > a 2004 Volunteer of the year > > > > > and a 2005 pain in the rear. (smile) > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 6:58 PM > > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Where are those > > > > contrarians? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Let me speak first as a reader of Bookshare > > > > books. I mostly read > > > > fiction, > > > > > > with the occasional pop culture book thrown in > > > > for variety. I read > > > > almost > > > > > > all these books in Braille. I don't want to see > > > > repeated text such as > > > > page > > > > > > numbers, author/title info, etc. If people want > > > > to be able to see that > > > > > > info, there should be an option to include or > > > > exclude this from your > > > > book. > > > > > > Chapters and other major headings should be > > > > included of course, and I > > > > > > believe that problem will be addressed. > > > > > > > > > > > > As a validator, I can't think of a good enough > > > > reason at this point to > > > > > > stop submitting books and validating them. That > > > > includes the stripper > > > > > > issue. If we stop submitting or validating > > > > works, we're hurting a much > > > > > > larger group of people than ourselves. The > > > > ultimate purpose of Bookshare > > > > > > is to give access to books. There are still many > > > > books rated fair on the > > > > > > website, and in the past I'm sure there were a > > > > much higher percentage of > > > > > > "fair" books submitted to the site, but we > > > > wouldn't have wanted those > > > > > > books held back from being available just > > > > because they were poorly > > > > > > scanned. I don't want people deprived of books > > > > just because of a missing > > > > > > chapter heading, or because there aren't page > > > > numbers included. > > > > > > > > > > > > Let's take things slow and easy folks. > > > > > > > > > > > > Scott > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > From: "Rui" <goldWave@xxxxxxx> > > > > > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 6:28 PM > > > > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Where are those > > > > contrarians? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> Hello: > > > > > >> > > > > > >> I would like to here from people who disagree > > > > with me. > > > > > >> Let me know why you think the current setup > > > > makes sense. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> I do not mean for people to play devil's > > > > advocate with this. > > > > > >> I'm asking if anyone seriously disagrees with > > > > the centiments expressed > > > > > >> over the last 30 hours. > > > > > >> > > > > > >> (There is a method to my madness) > > > > > >> > > > > > >> -- Rui (who is probably liked at Benetech right > > > > now as much as the > > > > > >> plague) > > > > > >> > > > > > >> ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > >> From: "Deborah Kent Stein" <dkent5817@xxxxxxx> > > > > > >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > >> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 6:26 PM > > > > > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: stripper and > > > > colatteral damage > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Dear Charlyn and Bookshare community, > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> I think a petition is an excellent idea. > > > > Charlyn, would you like to > > > > put > > > > > >>> it > > > > > >>> together? Rui, would you put it on the > > > > Bookshare Scans site? > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> I also think we should select a day to make > > > > phone calls and send > > > > emails > > > > > >>> to > > > > > >>> the Bookshare staff calling on them to turn > > > > off the stripper. How > > > > > >>> about > > > > > >>> Thursday, July 28, one week after this most > > > > recent stripper discussion > > > > > >>> began. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> We need to take in the fact that, as Bookshare > > > > volunteers and users, > > > > we > > > > > >>> must > > > > > >>> have direct say on policy issues. Right now > > > > this list is virtually > > > > the > > > > > >>> only > > > > > >>> vehicle we have for reaching the staff, and it > > > > is clearly ineffective. > > > > > >>> The > > > > > >>> stripper issue highlights a need for a more > > > > formalized means of > > > > > >>> communication. Maybe we should develop an > > > > advisory committee which > > > > can > > > > > >>> bring concerns to the staff and have a real > > > > voice in policymaking. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> As blind people, most of us have grown up with > > > > the sense that we're > > > > > >>> lucky to > > > > > >>> get whatever reading matter is offered to us. > > > > We had better be > > > > > >>> appreciative > > > > > >>> and not complain. On the title page of every > > > > book from the National > > > > > >>> Library > > > > > >>> Service we read that the book has been > > > > produced for the blind and > > > > > >>> physically > > > > > >>> handicapped "with the kind permission of the > > > > publisher." That line > > > > > >>> about > > > > > >>> "the kind permission" says so much! Do > > > > sighted people need anyone's > > > > > >>> kind > > > > > >>> permission in order to read? I AM in fact > > > > extraordinarily grateful to > > > > > >>> the > > > > > >>> volunteers and others who have spent countless > > > > hours putting books > > > > into > > > > > >>> Braille and recorded formats for us, and to > > > > those who have worked to > > > > > >>> change > > > > > >>> copyright laws and make our special-format > > > > books possible! Most of us > > > > > >>> would > > > > > >>> not be literate, educated, contributing > > > > members of society without > > > > their > > > > > >>> help! But I think that our lifelong > > > > dependence upon others to provide > > > > > >>> us > > > > > >>> with books, and the constant feeling that we > > > > must be grateful and that > > > > > >>> we > > > > > >>> can't expect too much, do take a toll. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Bookshare is different. Bookshare is a > > > > program which is not only FOR > > > > > >>> us, > > > > > >>> but BY us. We, the volunteers, determine what > > > > books go into the > > > > > >>> collection, > > > > > >>> and we ourselves make them available. We are > > > > not "only volunteers" > > > > who > > > > > >>> have > > > > > >>> no right to determine policy. We are the > > > > backbone of the program - a > > > > > >>> program which is created to meet our needs and > > > > those of other blind > > > > and > > > > > >>> print-disabled people. The Bookshare staff > > > > are not users of Bookshare > > > > > >>> materials. They do not live with the > > > > inaccessibility of print; they > > > > > >>> don't > > > > > >>> experience our issues from the inside. It is > > > > absolutely essential > > > > that > > > > > >>> they > > > > > >>> listen to what we have to say. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Bookshare is an incredible program, and I > > > > believe in it utterly. It > > > > has > > > > > >>> the > > > > > >>> potential to narrow the print gap for us as no > > > > other program ever has > > > > > >>> before. But we need to take a stand and > > > > insist that it be the quality > > > > > >>> program we all deserve. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Debbie > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > >>> From: "Charlene" <caota@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > >>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > >>> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2005 12:11 AM > > > > > >>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: stripper and > > > > colatteral damage > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>>> Maybe we could put together a pteition of > > > > some sort and put a notice > > > > on > > > > > >>>> the volunteer website as well to see if we > > > > could get enough people to > > > > > >>>> sign it to send to bookshare requesting them > > > > to stop using the > > > > program. > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> -----Original Message----- > > > > > >>>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > >>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > > > On Behalf Of Pam Quinn > > > > > >>>> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 7:02 PM > > > > > >>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > >>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: stripper and > > > > colatteral damage > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> We take pride in our submissions and I just > > > > don't think a lot of the > > > > > >>>> bookshare staff understands how angry and > > > > frustrated we are when we > > > > see > > > > > >>>> that our submissions have been mangled. And > > > > for what? I just don't > > > > get > > > > > >>>> it. Why do they insist on holding on to that > > > > useless program that > > > > > >>>> nobody > > > > > >>>> wants? Seems to me if anything, dropping it > > > > would mean one less step > > > > > >>>> and > > > > > >>>> less work in putting the books on the site. > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> I use chapter headings for my breaking points > > > > in .mp3 files too, when > > > > > >>>> I'm lucky enough to have them. > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> It might not be our decision and they might > > > > not want to listen to us, > > > > > >>>> but that would be unfortunate, because the > > > > volunteers and subscribers > > > > > >>>> have a major role in determining the future > > > > of bookshare. > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> Pam > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> Original message: > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> >I have seriously considered not submitting > > > > some books I have scanned > > > > > >>>> >just > > > > > >>>> >because I thought they would be of little > > > > use after the stripper > > > > > >>>> finished > > > > > >>>> >with them. I put a lot of work in to what I > > > > submit and it is really > > > > > >>>> >upsetting to see the final result when my > > > > original looked so nice, > > > > and > > > > > >>>> that > > > > > >>>> >is only a volunteer's view. I also am upset > > > > by the messes that I > > > > come > > > > > >>>> >accross when I am reading, even for > > > > pleasure. I use the chapter > > > > > >>>> headings > > > > > >>>> >as my MP3 creation breaking points, so if > > > > they aren't there I have a > > > > > >>>> big > > > > > >>>> >mess! > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > >>>> >I don't really like throwing fits, and I > > > > won't on this list because > > > > it > > > > > >>>> >seems to serve little purpose, but the fits > > > > are completely > > > > justified. > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > >>>> >If i submitted a book in DAISY and BRF > > > > format instead of in RTF > > > > would > > > > > >>>> >the > > > > > >>>> >normal automated processes be skipped? That > > > > is the only thing I can > > > > > >>>> think > > > > > >>>> >of to rescue books where the headers, > > > > headings, and page numbers are > > > > > >>>> >invaluable. > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > >>>> >Sarah Van Oosterwijck > > > > > >>>> >Assistive Technology Trainer > > > > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity > > > > > >>>> >----- Original Message ----- > > > > > >>>> >From: "Deborah Kent Stein" > > > > <dkent5817@xxxxxxx> > > > > > >>>> >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > >>>> >Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 7:10 PM > > > > > >>>> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: stripper and > > > > colatteral damage > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > >>>> > > > > > > >>>> >> > > > > > >>>> >> > > > > > >>>> >> Hear, hear! I agree 200%! > > > > > >>>> >> > > > > > >>>> >> We have been telling the Bookshare staff > > > > about our concerns, > > > > > >>>> >> politely > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> >> but firmly, literally for years. Despite > > > > all the talk, nothing > > > > has > > > > > >>>> >> changed. I am beginning to think we need > > > > to take stronger action. > > > > > >>>> >> We > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> >> ARE volunteers. > > > > > >>>> >> We do not have to contribute the thousands > > > > of hours we put into > > > > this > > > > > >>>> >> program. And Bookshare cannot survive > > > > without us. Do we need to > > > > > >>>> >> say > > > > > >>>> we > > > > > >>>> >> will have to stop scanning and validating > > > > until we know that > > > > someone > > > > > >>>> out > > > > > >>>> >> there is really listening to us, and > > > > taking action? It should not > > > > > >>>> have > > > > > >>>> >> to > > > > > >>>> >> come down to threats and strikes, but many > > > > of us are at our wit's > > > > > >>>> end. > > > > > >>>> >> What > > > > > >>>> >> is it going to take to turn off the > > > > stripper and stop mangling the > > > > > >>>> books > > > > > >>>> >> we > > > > > >>>> >> work so hard to make available? > > > > > >>>> >> > > > > > >>>> >> Debbie > > > > > >>>> >> > > > > > >>>> >> > > > > > >>>> >> > > > > > >>>> >> ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > >>>> >> From: "Rui" <goldwave@xxxxxxx> > > > > > >>>> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > >>>> >> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 11:16 AM > > > > > >>>> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] stripper and > > > > colatteral damage > > > > > >>>> >> > > > > > >>>> >> > > > > > >>>> >>> Good Afternoon: > > > > > >>>> >>> > > > > > >>>> >>> At the bookshare users meeting at NFB, I > > > > made it very clear to > > > > Jim > > > > > >>>> >>> (like > > > > > >>>> >> he didn't know already) the issues with > > > > the stripper and why i > > > > think > > > > > >>>> >> it should be removed. > > > > > >>>> >>> > > > > > >>>> >>> The whole concept of the stripper bothers > > > > me, not just the fact > > > > it > > > > > >>>> >>> does > > > > > >>>> >> more than it's supposed too. > > > > > >>>> >>> > > > > > >>>> >>> Its very reason for being agrivates me. > > > > > >>>> >>> Regular print books have headers, some > > > > have footers, that is part > > > > > >>>> >>> of > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> >>> a > > > > > >>>> >> print book. > > > > > >>>> >>> If we want digital copies of print books > > > > then, take the good with > > > > > >>>> >>> the > > > > > >>>> >>> bad. > > > > > >>>> >>> Do not sanitize the book to make it more > > > > access technology > > > > > >>>> >>> friendly. > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> >>> The > > > > > >>>> >> very fact that is accessible already does > > > > that. > > > > > >>>> >>> If i don't want to read the headers, i > > > > can strip them out myself > > > > or > > > > > >>>> >>> use > > > > > >>>> >>> my > > > > > >>>> >> own automated tool to do so. > > > > > >>>> >>> However, If by chance I do want them > > > > there, I simply do not get > > > > > >>>> >>> that > > > > > >>>> >> option with Bookshare!!! > > > > > >>>> >>> > > > > > >>>> >>> Words do not do justice to how much this > > > > issue ticks me off. > > > > > >>>> >>> > > > > > >>>> >>> Bottomline, this process does not serve > > > > the community that it was > > > > > >>>> >>> designed > > > > > >>>> >> to assist. > > > > > >>>> >>> -- Rui > > > > > >>>> >>> > > > > > >>>> >>> > > > > > > >>>> >>> > From: Mike Pietruk <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx> > > > > > >>>> >>> > Date: 2005/07/21 Thu AM 11:00:39 EDT > > > > > >>>> >>> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > > >>>> >>> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: stripper > > > > > >>>> >>> > > > > > > >>>> >>> > Pam > > > > > >>>> >>> > > > > > > >>>> >>> > agreed! It's inconsistent and > > > > unpredictable. And the problems > > > > > >>>> >>> > relative > > > > > >>>> >>> > to it have been discussed repeatedly. > > > > > >>>> >>> > The Powers-that-be are all too aware of > > > > the damage the stripper > > > > > >>>> has > > > > > >>>> >> caused > > > > > >>>> >>> > but seem to have shoved it on the back > > > > burner probably due to > > > > > >>>> >>> > more > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> >>> > pressing issues to deal with. It is a > > > > shame that it cannot be > > > > > >>>> >>> > dealt with; but Marissa, prior to her > > > > leaving, pretty much > > > > > >>>> >>> > outlined where it stands. So I wouldn't > > > > expect much change > > > > > >>>> >>> > regarding the stripper as any change > > > > would require some sort of > > > > > >>>> >>> > policy change plus programmer action. > > > > Conceptually, the > > > > stripper > > > > > >>>> >>> > makes sense; practically, it has been a > > > > > >>>> >> dismal > > > > > >>>> >>> > failure breading as much (or perhaps > > > > even more) than it has > > > > > >>>> >>> > repaired. 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