Hi Karen.
Welcome aboard. I'm not a bookie either, but that's an idea--right
before the superbowl.
I'm not sure if you are aware, but validated books must be submitted
in .rtf format, does the bookport do .rtf?
Anyway, welcome to the list.
Bob
----- Original Message ----- From: "Karen Harshfield"
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To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 2:59 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] New volunteer intro
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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