HansK Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 On another forum someone posted about typos in e-texts. I did some research and Acc. is full of errors due - I think - to scanning and e-texts delivered by publishers. Some comparison showed me that 4 Bible programs (A, L, P and W) have the same typos. When you search in Acc. for modem (should be modern) or under stand (should be understand) you know what I mean. I did not do this with original language modules. As these are essential for research, are these modules error free? I have a suggestion. Once in a month on a given day all reported typos are corrected and the altered modules are available as content updates. I suggest that this gives assurance to all who are using Acc. and would be a great push forward. Thanks for all good work! 9.6 runs fine here! Hans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen Brown Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 The original language modules are very clean, only rarely is an error reported in the text, though we do receive, and correct, errors in the parsing and glosses. Texts which were originally scanned tend to have the most typos. It's so easy to report them now, that we have a huge file of such reports. Were we to update all the modules monthly, there would be very little time for new module development. Really serious error (missing sections or verses) get updates as soon as reasonable, but most have to wait for our annusal update. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansK Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 (edited) "Were we to update all the modules monthly, there would be very little time for new module development." Really? I doubt this. When you are doing regularly updates, this should not be much work. Addition: As you advertise that this software is used by scholars, every effort should be done to have clean and error free books. Perhaps someone teaching at seminary or uni can comment on this aspect. This still means that I love Acc. as the best software on the market. My suggestion only makes it better and... you can even incorporate this in your marketing strategy. Hans Edited June 13, 2012 by HansK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Simpson Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Hey Hans, I think you are way out of line with that comment. The developers and editors work really hard, and are both working on new modules and fixing bugs/errors in the old. There aren't huge resources at Oaktree, and everyone I know there works damned hard. It's fair enough to ask questions for clarification, but (IMHO) you have cast aspersions on Helen's explanation, and she works the hardest of them all (from what I have seen anyway). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansK Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 Hello Ken, I posted an update (see above), before you hit the enter key. Did not mean it like you described. I have every respect for people working hard, but changing errors in texts (like I mentioned) should not be much work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Simpson Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 (edited) Sorry Hans, sometimes we jump just a little too fast don't we. Please accept my apologies, and our mutual respect for those who are producing such a wonderful suite of Bible software for us. (Plus it depends how many errors are sent...) Edited June 13, 2012 by Ken Simpson 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HansK Posted June 13, 2012 Author Share Posted June 13, 2012 Apologies accepted, but I did not take your comment as an attack or so. Perhaps I myself was not formulating correctly as English is not my native language. I am very interested in your input and input of other users on this as it has implications on how we see e-texts and how we trust them. Esp. when they are replacing paper-books. Again, esp. for Helen and all the good people at Acc, my suggestion is made in an sympathetic spirit. Hans Hans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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