[bksvol-discuss] Re: Help! Bookshare Has Been Invaded!
- From: "John Glass" <John.G@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 14:32:52 -0700
Hi Jim,
Yes, at this time, validation credit is $.50 per book. It will be increased to
$2.50 per book in the near future.
John Glass
Customer Support Manager, Bookshare
Benetech
480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA
Phone: +1 650 644-3403
Fax: +1 650 475-1066
john.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.benetech.org
The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity
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Hi,
Is the credit for validating still less than for scanning? Perhaps if they were
the same, that would entice more validaters to do that part.
Thanks.
Jim
James D Homme,
Usability Engineering
Highmark Inc.
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Wonderful request. I don't know when the next newsletter to members come out,
but I suggest you send this to Lisa Friendly and ask her to include it in the
newsletter--or on the bookshare home page. Maybe then we'll get some members
who aren't volunteers to volunteer.
One reason the step one page is so long now is that we're restricted to 5 books
at a time. I used to figure that as long as I was going to do the books I'd
take them off the download list, and I know other people operated under that
assumption, too, but then some people squawked that if left on other people
would take them (they didn't, as it turned out, and I got them eventually) and
the 5-book limit was put in.
Cindy
--- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Fellow Booksharians, your help is needed to respond to a massive
> invasion. We're dealing with a motley crew of lovers, detectives,
> aliens, wizards, soldiers, murderers, terrorists, faeries, cowboys,
> and mad scientists. An astounding 442 books have invaded our step 1
> page, refusing to give quarter until validation occurs.
> Indeed, a regiment of
> dedicated volunteers is working at an astonishing pace, adding to the
> number of books found on step 1. Now Bookshare needs a batalian of
> book lovers who will take up their validating tools and conquer this
> invasion. If you're signed up as a volunteer, will you please take a
> book that interests you and validate it over the next couple of weeks?
> If we work together, we can move these books into the Bookshare
> collection where they belong.
>
> If you haven't done any volunteering, this is a perfect time to give
> it a try. All you need to validate a book is a love of reading and a
> program to use for proofreading a document such as Microsoft Word,
> Kurzweil, or Openbook. Volunteers receive help and training both on
> the lists and one on one in the Bookshare community room. You don't
> have to be a computer expert to be a great volunteer. If you're ready
> to give it a try, email volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx to ask the Bookshare
> staff to set you up as a volunteer. That's your first step toward
> actively making Bookshare better. (smile)
>
> Monica Willyard
>
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