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Originally Posted by Michael J Hunt
I'm trying to understand all the ins and outs of this discussion, but the use of initials confuses me - perhaps it's obvious to everyone else here, but, what do OCR and OCD mean? Thanks in advance.
MJ
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OCR refers to the process of scanning a paper book, or pages of a book, into a computer. I believe that OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition?
OCD= obsessive compulsive disorder
I have noted that a lot of times books have trouble with quotation marks. I find that they are missing very frequently when reading resulting in me reading the line a couple of times to figure out where the character is stopping talking. I am guessing some of this is caused by reflow?
I also have just had some where things are spelled wrong, and have funky punctuation marks from major publishers as well as some of the smaller ones.
Personally I find that I catch different errors in my writing when I proofread a hardcopy instead of a digital one. Which could account for why some of the errors are getting through the proofreading stage.
Amy