I will proof any fiction but mysteries/detective stuff. I read every single word of every book I proof. This is the only way I know to be certain to catch all the scanno errors. I can't imagine trying to proof without reading every word. As I am not a "member" having no sight disability, I would feel odd suggesting books to add to the library. What interests me might not interest actual members. (speaking of this....are there any members who need credits? I would be happy to contact whoever I need to transfer mine to you). Laura On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Ixchel, Jackie <starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Hi, > I would also like to proof for whoever needs it. I like reading > mystery, fantacy, fiction and historical fiction. I like reading a lot > and sometimes I am a little OCD when I proof. :) > Now that summer is coming I will have a lot of time to proof! This > helps me both read and acquire credits so that later I can donate them > since I won't need them for a while. > Jackie > > On 6/3/12, Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, Sandi, well I like to proofread fiction with the exception of > > horror. I've read some science fiction, I've done some anthologies > > (three), and I seem to be in a historical fiction or historical mystery > > niche right now. I like mysteries, fantasy, romance, etc. I wouldn't > > mind doing something which makes me laugh. I don't think I'd want to do > > something horribly violent (especially if it's gratuitous). As for > > language, I don't like to use strong language, but if I find strong > > language in a book (you know the words) I will proofread what's there. > > With regard to non-fiction, I can't say I've done much of that, that is, > > textbooks, books with charts and tables, etc. I haven't done poetry or > > cookbooks (this last would be really hard because I wouldn't be able to > > check for accuracy. As for my procedure, if I proofread a book for you, > > you can count on me reading every word and also corresponding with you > > should I have text questions. I don't have your email address but I > > wouldn't mind doing stuff for you if I found it interesting. If you wish > > to judge what I've done, you can find some stuff I have proofread and > > give it a look. Regards, Kim Friedman. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandi Ryan > > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 10:05 AM > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Plan for More Work (was Acdcent Marks) > > > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I just saw Lissi's great e-mail on more work for everyone, and here's a > > plan > > I think could work for that: > > > > When I came on board a year ago, I thought I was going to be a proofer. > > I > > mean, I'm blind, and that seemed like the best way for a blind person to > > go. > > However, I immediately met Valerie Maples and Lissi, and they encouraged > > me > > to try scanning. Well, that made sense to me, because I'd been scanning > > > > books for nearly as long as scanners had been accessible. I determined, > > > > since I love scanning, to be one of Bookshare's best scanners, and to > > work > > with proofreaders who actually read the books I scanned and would put > > the > > very best book possible into the collection. > > > > The way I've gotten enough work to keep me busy is to tell Valerie and > > Lissi > > when I'm running short, and to let the list know that I have a library > > card > > from my local library which gives me access to books throughout the > > country. > > Each one costs $1, which I gladly pay for the privilege of scanning it > > into > > the Bookshare collection. I turn in only Excellent scans, so even a new > > > > proofreader should be able to read through the book and make only a few > > changes. I do insist that you read the entire book, though. > > > > The other thing proofreaders and potential proofreaders can do to help > > expand the list are the things Lissi and Valerie have done--research > > books. > > Find those you'd like to proof that aren't in the collection, and let a > > scanner know you're interested. But when you want a book scannd, we > > need to > > know the exact title, exact author's name, ISBN, and publication date. > > That > > saves ever so much research time for us. We'll scan faster if you find > > and > > send us copies of the books--but if you can't--I know many of us are > > working > > with zero budgets--let us get them from ILL or some other means--then > > we're > > working together. I have come up with maybe ten books to scan, but I > > work > > with wonderful proofers who are constantly looking for books for me to > > scan. > > > > Let's all team up and put lots of really good volunteer books in the > > collection. When you see a HOLD, respect it. When you find a book > > you'd > > like, put it on the wish list, or contact someone you know scans and ask > > > > them to scan it and have you proof it. Then you'll have your own holds. > > > > There are plenty of books in the world to be done by volunteers. But > > everyone needs to take an active role in locating, scanning and > > proofreading. Find your niche, and work as hard as you choose. And > > welcome > > aboard to new people. I'm amazed at how wonderful this job still is > > more > > than a year down the road! > > > > Sandi > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 11:18 PM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks > > > > > >> Dear Kim and Booksharian Friends, > >> > >> Kim, Since I'm reading this thread out of order, you may have already > >> had > >> this suggestion. To produce an I umlaut I delete the i, and press the > >> control and shift down together. As I hold them, I type the colon Then > > > >> release all three keys and type i. when you backspace your > > screenreader > >> should say i umlaut. This is with Word 2003. Soon I'll have to make > > the > >> leap to a more updated word, oh dread! > >> > >> Good luck! > >> > >> Many thanks to Sandi, and to those of you who advised her about how to > > > >> get > >> Strawberry Season back for me. Thank you to the volunteer, too, who > >> released it. I've proofed Books one and two in this wonderful trilogy > > and > >> had bought books for Sandi to scan and for me to proof the third book. > > > >> I'll be getting on it tomorrow once I've checked in Mr. Monk on > > Patrol, > >> from a wonderful scan done by Jamie. Just 30 pages to go. > >> > >> Bookshare has the Monk novels and they are laugh out loud funny. I > >> hope > >> many of you will give them a try. They'll brighten your reading > > landscape. > >> Jamie has been consistently faithful seeing that they have been added > > to > >> the collection. She's a marvel of generosity, scanning many books and > >> putting holds on the ones she knows some of us care deeply about. > >> > >> As for Island Wife, The Wind From the Hills and The Strawberry Season, > > > >> by > >> Jessica Sterling, they are fabulous historical romances with deep > >> character study and very concerned with family dynamics set in the > >> Scottish Hebrides near the end of the nineteenth century. They are > >> intelligently written and the type of series you can lose yourself in. > > > >> They are not formulaic, pot boiler, cookie cutter romances. The > > transcend > >> the genre in general. > >> > >> I fear we have a shortage of scanners. It takes much more work > >> tracking > >> down books that aren't in the collection yet, and we all have to be > >> willing to do the work knowing it may be replaced by PQ versions of > > our > >> books, but I love the process of making a proof as error free as I > > can, > >> love the reading of the book as I proof and therefore still feel my > >> efforts were worthwhile even when a book I've worked on is replaced, > >> though occasionally, the volunteer copy has better navigation and > > other > >> perks for Bookshare readers than the PQ books. > >> > >> I've never seen the check out list as short as it is now. Is it > >> because > >> Bookshare is emphasizing textbooks and working harder at training > >> volunteers who can describe graphics? Since we blind readers were so > >> active in helping Bookshare during its start up years, it's sad to see > > our > >> role diminishing. > >> > >> Since I love hunting down books to add, there is no shortage for Evan > >> to > >> scan for me to proof as well as for other generous scanners to scan. > >> > >> If there is interest, I have about 20 books I'll be happy to give to > >> anyone who has the time to scan them in the next month or so. I don't > > want > >> to proof them and don't want them returned. I'd just love to see them > > in > >> the collection and if there are willing scanners, their presence could > > > >> plump up the check out page a little. > >> > >> Let me know if there's an interest and I'll post a list. I sure would > >> like > >> to get them out of this book clogged room. > >> > >> I also have a box of mostly lighthearted books with graphics that I > >> don't > >> feel equal to the task of describing. if There's an interest in those, > > > >> I'll post that list, > >> too. I just don't want to overwhelm anyone with more scanning than > > they > >> have time for, something I've accidentally done before. > >> > >> Keep up the good work, all of you. I remain glad to be in your > >> company. > >> > >> Always with love, > >> > >> Lissi > >> > >> Always with love, > >> > >> Lissi > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> From: "misha" <mishatronics@xxxxxxxxx> > >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 11:07 PM > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks > >> > >> > >>> Those sneaky French. According to this web page > >>> > >>> http://french.lovetoknow.com/French_Accent_Marks > >>> > >>> They do have umlauts (though usually called trema when it is used in > >>> French words). I say sneaky because, I always thought naive used an > >>> acute accent, but the table on the web page clearly uses naive as an > >>> example of umlaut accent and it clearly fits the case of pronouncing > > each > >>> vowel separately. I still think in most American books an acute > > accent > >>> is almost always used for naive when it occurs in an English > > sentence. > >>> Now if it's in a French quote, I guess it better be the trema or the > >>> gendarmes will be on the way. > >>> > >>> I can't help much with how to produce it, though. In MS Word under > >>> insert there is a symbols item which brings up a table of all kinds > > of > >>> different characters, but it's hard enough for me to find what I want > > in > >>> there (which is why I don't have any of them is this email), much > > less > >>> how a blind person would. > >>> > >>> Misha > >>> > >>> On 6/2/2012 6:25 PM, Kim Friedman wrote: > >>>> Hi, Cindy I think it's another word for that umlaut-like mark. I > >>>> found > >>>> the word on a site where it was talking about French accent marks > > (they > >>>> do seem to have a lot of them). Regards, Kim. > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Cindy > >>>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 02, 2012 4:02 PM > >>>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks > >>>> > >>>> I'm curious. What is traemma? > >>>> (the answer to your question, though, is umlaut.smile > >>>> > >>>> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >>>> *From:* Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 2, 2012 6:16 AM > >>>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks > >>>> > >>>> Hi, Ali, what sort of accent mark is alt 0237? Is it that I > >>>> umlaut > >>>> or > >>>> traemma I want? Please write back and let me know. Regards, Kim > >>>> Friedman. > >>>> > >>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of Ali > >>>> Al-hajamy > >>>> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:11 PM > >>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> If your computer has a number pad, make sure numlock is turned > > on. > >>>> Hold > >>>> down the alt key, and press the following numbers: 0237. > >>>> See also: > >>>> http://usefulshortcuts.com/alt-codes/accents-alt-codes.php > >>>> > >>>> On 02-Jun-12 01:01, Kim Friedman wrote: > >>>> > How does one make the accent mark on the computer for the I in > > the > >>>> > word naive? I know how it's done for literary Braille, but I > >>>> have > >>>> no > >>>> > idea how it's supposed to be printed. I could sure use help > > with > >>>> this. > >>>> > >>>> > Regards, Kim Friedman. > >>>> > > >>>> > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > >>>> > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>> > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To > >>>> get > >>>> a > >>>> > list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in > > the > >>>> > subject line. > >>>> > > >>>> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > >>>> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >>>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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