Yup. No kidding. Enough to make anybody run away.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stacey Robinson
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 8:34 PM
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Wow, that's a lot.
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From: "Andy B." <sonfire11@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 6:47 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
Fine reader 10 works with JAWS as far as I know of, but it's $400.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stacey
Robinson
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 7:31 PM
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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.
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From: "Stacey Robinson" <staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 6:25 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
Dan,
I don't always do well reading manuals, (don't always comprehend
everything) can you giv me tips (off list if you want) on
proofreading with jfw 11 and ms word 03? Any help is appreciated.
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From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 5:02 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
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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