[bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
- From: Stacey Robinson <staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:15:24 -0500
Dan,
I think I found them.
thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Beaver" <dbeaver888@xxxxxxxxx>
To: unknown <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, Jul 16, 2010 20:39:24
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
>
>
> Stacy,
>
> It is a setting in MS Office not Jaws. It has been quite a while since I
> did it. You will need to go to tools then optins. In there you will find
> several checkboxes that will cause specific things to be shown in a way that
> Jaws can see them.
>
> See if you couldan find them and let me know if you need further help.
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Stacey Robinson" <staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 8:35 PM
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
>
> Dan,
> How do I set jaws to show page bbrakes?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dan Beaver" <dbeaver888@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 6:49 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
>
>
> > Hi Stacy,
> >
> > Yes, FineReader does work with Jaws. I am still on Jaws 10.
> >
> > FineReader is an OCR package. My scanner did come with a promo version.
> > I
> > purchased a newer full version though. I am using FineReader 9. I
> > purchased v 9 because it supports scanning of multiple pages in the same
> > session and also supports scanning pages that face each other and will
> > split
> > them out as separate pages automatically. These 2 features speed the
> > scanning process tremendously.
> >
> > I would say that you probably can use your system with Jaws and Finereader
> > and MS Office. However, with only 1 GB of ram you may find it runs quite
> > slowly. If you can find the spare money you might want to add another gb.
> >
> > When I use MS Office and do my cleaning/proofing I find it necessary to
> > have
> > the settings such that I can see many control codes in the documents with
> > Jaws. I am thinking of page breaks, paragraph markers, linefeeds, column
> > markerseasection breaks. You will not want to turn on display of
> > non-printable characters. this makes Jaws see a dot/period for every
> > space
> > and lots of other non-printable characters. It becomes very much
> > confusing
> > in this situation.
> >
> > I hope this is helpful. If you have other questions just send a note and
> > I'll respond.
> >
> >
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Stacey Robinson" <staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 7:31 PM
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
> >
> > Replying to myself.
> > Dan, what is fine reader? Did it come with the scanner you bought?
> > I'd like a way to scan things for personal use but cannot aford a program
> > like Kurzwiel 1000 or open book.
> > Does this fine reader software work with jaws?
> > Also, my laptop only has 1 gb of ram and a small harddrive (60 gb I think)
> > could I get a scanning sollution for this setup?
> > I'm running jaws 11.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Stacey Robinson" <staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 6:25 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
> >
> >
> >ar Dan,
> >ar I don't always do well reading manuals, (don't always comprehend
> >ar everything) can you giv me tips (off list if you want) on proofreading
> >ar with jfw 11 and ms word 03?
> >ar Any help is appreciated.
> >ar
> >ar ----- Original Message -----
> >ar From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >ar To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >ar Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 5:02 PM
> >ar Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
> >ar
> >ar
> >>> Team,
> >>>
> >>> What a remarkable group this is! The latest bio I have recieved is from
> >>> Dan Beaver below.
> >>>
> >>> Scott Rains
> >>> Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
> >>> ________________________________________
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> I have been a volunteer for Bookshare for several years. I first
> >>> purchased a membership because of needing some of the technical books
> >>> that Bookshare offered. After approximately a year I decided to give
> >>> back to the community by helping to add more books to the collection.
> >>>
> >>> I purchased a very plain and normal Epson flatbed scanner for the work.
> >>> It and the Fine Reader software I purchased have served me very well in
> >>> doing the scanning.
> >>>
> >>> I am blind and have been so since the age of eight years. I use Jaws
> >>> and
> >>> NVDA as my screen readers. I do my Bookshare work in MS Office for the
> >>> most part.
> >>>
> >>> I feel very fortunate to have been the first blind individual to have
> >>> worked my way through the BS in computer Science degree program at Utah
> >>> State University. That struggle prepared me very well for facing
> >>> challenges through out my career. I graduated and gained employment
> >>> with
> >>> IBM and was an IBMer for 30 years. My years at IBM helped me learn and
> >>> develop skills that have served me well in the scanning and validating
> >>> effort. Being detail oriented is important in this endeavor.
> >>>
> >>> Over the years I have validated many books and have submitted a large
> >>> number of books which I scanned. My wife has scanned books and asked me
> >>> to submit them. She prefers to work behind the scenes.
> >>>
> >>> One of the largest group of books we submitted that are now in the
> >>> collection are the Boy Scout Merit badge booklets that teach the skills
> >>> necessary for achieving the rank of Eagle in the scouting program. this
> >>> was done in order to support a young man we are very close to in his
> >>> efforts to earn his Eagle. It was fun working along side other
> >>> volunteers in our community who helped with this project. It was also
> >>> fun helping those volunteers to proof read the scanned booklets and to
> >>> do
> >>> the cleanup.
> >>>
> >>> When the project was complete we had spent 514 hours and 22 minutes
> >>> scanning, cleaning and submitting those books to Bookshare. My wife put
> >>> in over 200 hours herself on the project.
> >>>
> >>> Unfortunately I lost my job and have had to focus intently on finding a
> >>> new job. This has made it nearly impossible for me to spend time
> >>> scanning and proofreading over the past 15 months. I hope very soon to
> >>> jump back into the game and complete my personal project of submitting
> >>> the rest of the "Work and the Glory" series. That in itself will take
> >>> me
> >>> several months because the books are very large. I also am planning to
> >>> do the "Kingdom and the Crown" series.
> >>>
> >>> Some other books we have submitted include murder mysteries by Anne
> >>> Perry. those were very challenging with all the Victorian era English
> >>> dialect involved.
> >>>
> >>> We also submitted several books by Steven R. Lawhead. Three of those
> >>> were his version of the Robin Hood story. Very different than your
> >>> generally accepted story of Robin Hood.
> >>>
> >>> I agree with the comments of at least one other volunteer. they said
> >>> that validating or else scanning and doing the initial cleanup of a book
> >>> helps to learn more from that book than at any other time. Indeed, I
> >>> have learned more from the books I have validated and submitted and have
> >>> grown more threw that process.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks Bookshare for making this opportunity available to all of us out
> >>> here. A precious thing is more valuable when it is held by its makers.
> >>>
> >>> Dan Beaver
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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Have a blessed day.
Stacey and GEB Dog Chesley,
Eagleville, Tennessee
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