Session transcripts as one big HTML file

[trhouston]

Thank KS much appreciated!!

 

[Pecha]

Hi @KJS, I think you are the creator of this very useful website : Cassiopaean Session Transcripts Search

There is one error in the french section :

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The session of 17 juillet 2021 should be 17 juillet 2022.

Moreover, unless I missed something, the french sesssion have been translated to french using google, haven't they?

If so, since more than 98% of the session have been translated in french by the french translation team, would it be possible to use those instead of the google ones ?

Nope, all of the French sessions are copy/pasted from the French translation team transcripts here at some point.

Thanks for catching this, I updated the session to be the correct 2022 version: Cassiopaean Session Transcripts Search (switch to French translation)

 

[KJS]

Hi @KJS, I think you are the creator of this very useful website : Cassiopaean Session Transcripts Search

Unfortunately, no. The only thing I was possibly involved in was the initial seeding of English sessions, but I might be wrong about that. @Pecha is the author of this awesome project.

 

[Jacques]

Nope, all of the French sessions are copy/pasted from the French translation team transcripts here at some point.

Thanks for catching this, I updated the session to be the correct 2022 version: Cassiopaean Session Transcripts Search (switch to French translation)

Thanks @Pecha

 

[thorbiorn]

@thorbiorn Compilation update with English-only PDF files containing the latest sessions.

Here's the version with a smaller font size and A4 page layout, which might be more suitable for economy printing as it's only () around 2500 pages.

Printing:
I chose the A4 format file and put in an order with the company Webcartouche. They offered a 5% signup discount, and I ended up paying 101.12 Euros, for just the print without binding.

The company does offer different kinds of spiral binding, but I was not sure the width of the margin would allow it, and secondly plastic after some time can get brittle. Maybe if one enquires with the company they can answer, but that is for another time.

From start to finish the company delivered professionally. They sent of course an email confirming the order, but they also sent a message when the printing began, when it was finished, when the work was shipped, and when the package was close to delivery, which for my location and considering it was a 60 Euro plus order was free. GLS brought it to the door.

Such a pile may leave me with an issue of filing the pages, or gluing them, but compared to having no versions other than an electronic, this is a minor issue. As it is, the pages take up the least amount of space. Next are some notes on what might happen next:

Margins and binding
If I choose to bind, having measured the margins of the pages, both those I tested and those I received, it seems to be close to 14 mm left and right plus minus a mm or even 0.5 mm. Whether on a company machine or a private printing machine the accuracy of the positioning of the paper infeed and processing could account for variations.

Having looked at the distance from the edge to a punch hole, made by a hold punch, it was around 13-14 mm on the two I tested, so that margin might be too close for using with the printed pages, at least for some hole punches, if one is considering the usual file binders, as these for instance:

That said, the holders are nice and such might be another idea for keeping it all together.

Another option is a filing cabinet. Some offer more protection, as one can get fire resistant filing cabinets. Not that they can resist any temperature, but it might be better than nothing, and they are not costly all considered if the volume of stuff to be stored is kept low.

Amazon has their books and ebooks guidelines on margins, which might be a help if one considers gluing the pages with a glue binding machine

Margins protect your content from running off the page and being cut off during the manufacturing process. The top, bottom, and outside margins must be a minimum of 0.25 inches for books without bleed and 0.375 inches (9.6mm) for books with bleed. The inside margin size depends on the page count because the higher the number of pages, the thicker the book will become, which means the inside margin must also increase to allow enough space for the spine.

Note: The inside margin is sometimes called the “gutter.” Some software programs will have separate fields for both the inside margin and the gutter. Make sure to input the same value for your inside margin and the gutter.

Minimum margin size by page count (with and without bleed):

Page count	Inside (gutter) margins	Outside margins (no bleed)	Outside margins (with bleed)
24 to 150 pages	0.375" in (9.6 mm)	at least 0.25 in (6.4 mm)	at least 0.375 in (9.6 mm)
151 to 300 pages	0.5 in (12.7 mm)	at least 0.25 in (6.4 mm)	at least 0.375 in (9.6 mm)
301 to 500 pages	0.625 in (15.9 mm)	at least 0.25 in (6.4 mm)	at least 0.375 in (9.6 mm)
501 to 700 pages	0.75 in (19.1 mm)	at least 0.25 in (6.4 mm)	at least 0.375 in (9.6 mm)
701 to 828 pages	0.875 in (22.3 mm)	at least 0.25 in (6.4 mm)	at least 0.375 in (9.6 mm)

Note: your top, bottom, and outside margins do not have to be the same. For example, you can set the top and bottom margin to 1 inch, and the outside margin to 0.375 inches as long as they all meet the required minimum.

If one would like thick volumes, more than 300 pages, the margins would have to be different, and probably the glue binding machines larger. Book printing presses have machines that take up a livingroom space, but for small companies, and private publishing, there are more compact desktop machines that can take 400-500 pages.

Instead of buying a glue binding machine and the folders, with or without the glue strips that would be needed, it is also possible to experiment with manual binding, basically doing what the glue machine does, using either cold glue maybe hot glue, but the process is more involved.

If one chooses to make thick volumes, or to glue bind manually, one might afterwards need to adjust the size of the cover. This is done in a business press with a large knife powered by a motor. For hobby purposes, carefully using a safe ruler and a sharp knife might be needed.