[bksvol-discuss] stripper and colatteral damage
- From: Rui <goldwave@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 12:16:39 -0400
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
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> From: Mike Pietruk <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 2005/07/21 Thu AM 11:00:39 EDT
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: stripper
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> Pam
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> 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.
> It's not our decision as we are volunteers, not decision-makers.
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