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If you want to know what a writer wants from you, it's best to ask.
I have to be honest. I can't read something with typos or other errors without pointing them out. I'm just constitutionally incapable of it. I tell people that before I beta for them. It means a lot more work for me and if they don't want that up front, then I'm not the best beta for them.
I'd love to have a beta who is willing to take the time from their own work to read and brainstorm with me (which is more than a beta is meant to do, I know). I would love to work collaboratively with someone if I felt that it would work -- but as it is, every beta I've had has been too busy to really take that on.