You may recall that I signed up to proofread scanned pages from Project Gutenburg last week. I believe I have received most if not all of the feedback for the pages I read last week. I am encouraged that it was presented in a friendly manner, lots of helpful advice and invitations to continue to participate. I’m not sure quite sure why I received from of the corrections, but there are methods for comparing my changes to the changes the second level proofreaders made. It’s difficult for me to take criticism, but I am learning so I will not quit. I will visit the site later today or possible Monday to better understand the proper methods of correcting scans.

Seven Minute Saturday
To prevent rambling on and on and on, Seven Minute Saturday limits me to typing/writing for seven minutes before correcting mistakes(editing), adding links, or images. I’ll allow myself a few extra minutes when the post needs those.

I seem to be blogging my 101 things in 1001 days for NaBloPoMo. One of my goals is to read two selections for LibriVox, but I’m not ready to do that. I just finished a proof-listening project there, fun, but difficult. There are guidelines for listening, I can’t correct pronunciation, which makes me a bit crazy. If the mispronounced word is pronounced as another word, I marked it for correction anyway. Noises are supposed to be removed if they are distracting, but my partner didn’t hear half of the background noises I could. So, I’m taking a break from LibriVox volunteering until I’m ready to record my voice for a project. Until then, I’ve decided to word at Project Gutenburg proofing text. As a proofreader, I am presented with a scanned image and the OCR text from the scan. The list of things to look for while reading is rather lengthy, but easy pages are offered to newcomers only. There are also pages per project limits so one person can’t proof the entire book. I “read” 14 pages, but want to wait for some feedback from other proofreaders before reading more. After 21 days and 300 pages I can move up to a different level of proofing. When reading the information on the site, there seems to be a lack of proofreaders for some of the upper level proofing. If my math is correct, that’s 14 pages a day until I can help with second and third level proofreading, which I have met for today. I think I’ll read again on Monday or Tuesday.