Guidelines for Typists

• An article will be sent to you in the form of multiple scanned pages or one or more audio files. The article will have a unique name (look at the email subject line or the top of the first page). Use this to name the file you prepare also.
• Each set of scanned pages are to be converted to a single text file (.txt, prepared using Gedit or Notepad++ or something, not RTF/DOC files).
• Just put an extra empty line between paragraphs.
• Do not use Tab or additional spaces to start the first line of a paragraph.
• Use asterisk in the beginning of each list item.
• When you see TODO in the source text, type that exactly.
• When you don't understand a word, use TODO for that also.
• The text must be in UTF-8 (if you don't know what that means, submit a sample text and ask if it is okay).
• Must pass the typing checklist

See the sample below. It has three paragraphs that are separated by a blank line in between (meaning you have to press Enter twice to end a paragraph).

Text is always replaced with icons, the universal language, but they are
oversimplified to the point that everything is a circle, triangle or a
rectangle (Euclid must be proud).

Now, look how instructing over the phone has become:

Then: Open the Applications menu, move your mouse to the System Tools submenu,
and click on System Monitor.