[bksvol-discuss] Re: Why?
- From: "Kim Friedman" <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 03:13:34 -0700
Hi, Jamie's right. I remember proofreading a book and running it through
the spell-checker before sending it up for approval and was startled to
find that I needed to add some spaces to the book or something like
that. Due to the Braille display not being recognized, I hadn't been
aware of how the line looked based on what I heard. I can see why
Bookshare insists on two people overseeing the processing of the file,
one to submit and one to proofread. And if you have two deranged
perfectionists on a given project, submitter and proofreader, then that
book will be as near perfect as we can make it, barring stupid things
like typographical errors or missing words left out by the publisher.
Regards, Kim Friedman.
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Why?
It's true that if you scan the book you have the book to proofread with,
but I think, in the beginning, there were very few sighted volunteers
for Bookshare. So a person without sight couldn't really compare it with
the print book, right?
And then, too, it's always good to have a second pair of eyes (um, or
fingers or ears, sorry!) to look something over. I am in general a
pretty careful scanner but I have several times submitted a book that
was missing pages and it's my custom to page down through the file
counting page numbers to make sure they are all there. I even once
submitted a book that had a chunk of pages twice.
It's like when you read a book that has errors in the print--your eyes
see what they want to see and not what is really there. So sometimes you
don't even see the mistakes.
And of course there are scanners (like me) who don't read every word of
what they scan, and there are proofreaders who don't read every word of
what they proof. So two sets of eyes on the job are better than one.
--
Jamie in Michigan
Currently Reading: Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith
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