[bks-img-desc] Re: Weekend Request for Image Describers

  • From: Suzanne Williams <suzanne.f.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bks-img-desc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:57:53 -0800

Hi Scott! I put in 8 descriptions.

Suzanne.

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011 at 5:54 AM, Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I have a special weekend request for help with a unique book. It is
> basically a book about books -- children's early reader books.
>
> Here's the deal. Senior Bookshare staff will be in DC reporting to the
> Department of Education about all that we do. This book, Adventures, comes
> right at the top  of the alphabetical lists of books with images being
> described.  It would be great to have a good start on it for their "Show
> and Tell."
>
> Adventures looks like it will just be a fun book to image describe. Mostly
> it is a catalog of children's books with interesting book covers to
> describe. As you go deeper you will find that entire children's books
> reproduced inside to be described! You could start at the beginning and
> work through sequentially. Or you could jump to a favorite story and
> describe the images for that particular book.
>
> In total there are 351 images to describe. That's plenty of room for
> several people to be working at once.
>
> Here is how to find the book. Of course, you will be asked to register or
> sign in before you can get to it. Then choose the filter "Description
> Needed" in the dropdown list found in the yellow box at the upper left hand
> corner of the image description tool:
>
> https://diagram.herokuapp.com/edit_book/edit?book_uid=9780618157167NIMAS
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Scott Rains
> Bookshare

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