Re: polishing polishing polishing
[email protected] (Carlo Traverso)
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>>>>> "don" == don kretz <[email protected]> writes: don> --===============2035048134== Content-Type: don> multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae93404f5dfab1a04ccf0024a don> --14dae93404f5dfab1a04ccf0024a Content-Type: text/plain; don> charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: don> quoted-printable don> In my own proofing the only way I can have any confidence at don> all that I'm catching all the italics is to scan through the don> entire text looking for nothing but. As soon as I start don> noticing (and marking) anything else, I start missing them. don> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 7:52 PM, James Adcock <[email protected]> don> wrote: >> >except now, in my confirmation work, i found at least _ten_ >> instances where jim might well have missed an italics word. >> (can't say for sure, because i don't know exactly what edition >> he used, but at least according to my edition, he missed 'em.) >> >> This is quite possibly a true statement (but BB ought to >> actually compare to the editions that I used which is different >> than his edition). I also hate italics work, and I do not know >> a way to help automate the checking = don> =96 >> other than making sure that one records any italic >> determination made by the original OCR software =96 which also >> tend to be very bad at catching italics. Multiple historical >> printed editions also tend to be very bad at italics, with >> later editions tending to lose more and more of the italics >> found in the original.**** >> >> _______________________________________________ gutvol-d >> mailing list gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected] >> http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d >> >> don> --14dae93404f5dfab1a04ccf0024a Content-Type: text/html; don> charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: don> quoted-printable don> In my own proofing the only way I can have any confidence at don> all that<br>I&= #39;m catching all the italics is to scan don> through the entire text looking f= or<br>nothing but. As soon don> as I start noticing (and marking) anything else,= <br> don> I start missing them.<br><br><br><div don> class=3D"gmail_quote">On Thu, Oct 25,= 2012 at 7:52 PM, James don> Adcock <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:jima= don> [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></span> don> wrote:<br><blockq= uote class=3D"gmail_quote" don> style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc = don> solid;padding-left:1ex"> don> <div link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple" lang=3D"EN-US"><div><p don> class=3D"MsoNorm= al"><span don> style=3D"font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lucida don> Grande",&= don> quot;serif";color:#1f497d">></span><span don> style=3D"font-size:13.5pt;= font-family:"Lucida don> Grande","serif"">except now, in my = don> confirmation work, i found at least _ten_<br> don> instances where jim might well have missed an italics don> word.<br>(can't s= ay for sure, because i don't know don> exactly what edition<br>he used, but = at least according to don> my edition, he missed 'em.)<br><br></span><span s= don> tyle=3D"font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Lucida don> Grande","serif&= quot;;color:#1f497d">This is quite don> possibly a true statement (but BB ought = to actually compare don> to the editions that I used which is different than his= don> edition).=A0 I also hate italics work, and I do not know a don> way to help aut= omate the checking =96 other than making don> sure that one records any italic d= etermination made by the don> original OCR software =96 which also tend to be ve= ry bad at don> catching italics. Multiple historical printed editions also don> tend = to be very bad at italics, with later editions tending don> to lose more and mor= e of the italics found in the don> original.</span><span style=3D"font-family:&q= don> uot;Arial","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p> don> </div></div><br>_______________________________________________<br> don> gutvol-d mailing list<br> <a don> href=3D"mailto:gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected]">gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected]</a><br= >> don> <a href=3D"http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d" don> target=3D"_bla= don> nk">http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d</a><br> don> <br></blockquote></div><br> don> --14dae93404f5dfab1a04ccf0024a-- don> --===============2035048134== Content-Type: text/plain; don> charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 don> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline don> _______________________________________________ gutvol-d don> mailing list gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected] don> http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d don> --===============2035048134==-- >>>>> "don" == don kretz <[email protected]> writes: don> --===============2033116300== Content-Type: don> multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae9341117e2408b04ccf01362 don> --14dae9341117e2408b04ccf01362 Content-Type: text/plain; don> charset=ISO-8859-1 don> It also destroys my accuracy when the text already has don> italics markup in it and I must check for false positives. don> --14dae9341117e2408b04ccf01362 Content-Type: text/html; don> charset=ISO-8859-1 don> It also destroys my accuracy when the text already has don> italics markup in it and I must check for false don> positives.<br> don> --14dae9341117e2408b04ccf01362-- don> --===============2033116300== Content-Type: text/plain; don> charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 don> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline don> _______________________________________________ gutvol-d don> mailing list gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected] don> http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d don> --===============2033116300==-- _______________________________________________ gutvol-d mailing list gutvol-d-4LCm/o+qPMZ96Xl/[email protected] http://lists.pglaf.org/mailman/listinfo/gutvol-d