Dear Validators and those familiar with Microsoft word and Windows XP with
Jaws 6 or 6 point something.
Is anyone around right now to discuss some word processing and or uploading
questions? Gerald is willing has been very willing to help but his schedule
and medical appointments have been at odds.
I've got 4 books ready to upload, except possibly one long synopsis to write
for the fourth, but am stalled on a few formatting questions.
I'll default to dealing with them on list if necessary, but airing my
ignorance on list isn't the easiest thing and I'm also so anxious to send
these gems to Book share and move on.
I do have MSN messenger and my phone number is 330-864-8597 and my e mail
address is
airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
thanks in advance for your help and or flexibility.
Always With Love,
Lissi
Jill
Would you want an arbitrary pc tool suggest that your scan didn't pass muster and shouldn't be looked at by a human validator? I wouldn't; nor would most submitters given the lack of judgment a piece of computer has. Foreign dialects would trip up such a system; so might a few garbled back or front pages which are not part of the actual text.
The quality of scans continually improve, and so do the number of submitters. Also, there is a lot of in-house scanning at Palo Alto done by their high quality scanning/recognition system. The challenge is attracting more volunteers to assist with validating and to have the staff in Palo Alto to process.
I am not an advocate of attempting to limit the number of submissions as that is the problem with NLS. Hence, what BookShare faces is the pleasant dilemma of finding both human and financial resources to aid in growing.
Frankly, I am not so much bothered by the quality of the typical book in the collection; I am more troubled by the processing software removing page numbers, chapter headers and critical header and footer info that would potentially make the book more valuable. Given the nature of what BookShare is now, you will never see 100% perfection in scanning quality. But it is darn good, and if the processing issues can be effectively dealt with, and with the march of ocr technology, things will only get better and better. Frankly, the more books Bookshare can show are being added, or can be added, the more donors may be willing to give. That's why the thrust is to bolster the collection while at the same time added as many customers as possible. Donors are impressed by that, and services as RFB&D continually point numbers such as those as they target individual and corporate donors.
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