[bksvol-discuss] New volunteer intro
- From: Karen Harshfield <karenh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:59:22 -0800
Hi bookies -
I'm a relatively new volunteer here, but I've been a bookshare member for a
few years. I love digital books.
I will tell you about myself:
* I am a 46 year old female.
* I live in California, north of San Francisco.
* I'm currently employed only as a wife and mom. I have two kids, an 11
year old boy, and an almost 8 year old girl.
* Until the kids appeared, I used to work as a software engineer. I'm
pretty comfortable around computers.
* My hobbies are knitting, outdoor activities (hiking, camping, bicycling,
gardening), and reading. I also like cooking and kitchen science.
* I have an unspecified type of ABCA4 retinal deterioration similar to
Stargardt's disease. I am partially sighted, and I don't read well at
all. Can't drive or steer a bicycle (I own the bak half of a tandem.)
* Both of my children are into juvenile fantasy type books, which I try to
read some of along with them. My daughter likes animal fantasy, dragons,
cats, owls. So I would be interested in being involved in some of those,
if there is a need.
* Hardware and software that I use:
1. Bookport (from APH)
2. HP flat bed 8.5 x 14 inch scanner, about 10 years old maybe
3. I use OmniPage for OCR purposes
4. I use ZoomText for my computer, and I largely rely on the speech
component of this.
Well, anyway, hope that's enough and not too much. Just included this list
so if anyone with a similar situation wants advice or commiseration, they
would know about me.
- Karen Harshfield
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