Hi Cindy and Evan, Evan makes a good point. If A word sounds the same unless we go and read it one letter at a time that will happen at times:) Katie Hill Expand your wealth at: www.838gold.com "Come to the edge" "We can't; we will fall" "Come to the edge" "We can't; We're afraid" "Come to the edge" And they came. And he pushed them. And they flew. - Anonomous -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 11:27 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: accruing and a crewing Is my face red. smile Oh, well. And here I thought you were being funny and punny. grin Cindy --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It gets more complicated than that, Cindy, as I > didn't notice the > misspelling. I read my email with JAWS, and if it > doesn't mispronounce > something, I have no reason to think that it isn't > spelled correctly. So I > wasn't playing on the words. I just made the > association with racing, > because I thought I had heard that she was doing > that, and her large volume > of scanning. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 1:02 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: accruing and a crewing > > > > Hi, Katie, > > > > I'm not sure if you could tell, but we were > teasing a > > bit. Instead of writing a c c r u i n g, you wrote > a > > c r e w i n g. Evan, with his usual wonderful > sense of > > humor, was playing on the words. I thought 'd get > in a > > plug for your dragon boat racing. smile BTW, I > > suggested that as a subject for Hartman's Friday > night > > segment on the CBS news. I don't know if anything > will > > come of it. > > > > Cindy > > > > --- Katie Star <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > >> HI Evan and Cindy, > >> > >> Yes I do the dragon boating. > >> Race scanner? Well, I was doing a lot of scanning > >> last year. I think I > >> ordered close to 30 books from Amazon plus those > >> which were sent to me and > >> given to me. So I would have to look but I did > get a > >> bunch of scans in that > >> first year. > >> > >> > >> Katie Hill > >> Expand your wealth at: www.838gold.com > >> "Come to the edge" > >> > >> "We can't; we will fall" > >> > >> "Come to the edge" > >> > >> "We can't; We're afraid" > >> > >> "Come to the edge" > >> > >> And they came. > >> > >> And he pushed them. > >> > >> And they flew. > >> > >> - Anonomous > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > >> Behalf Of Cindy > >> Sent: Monday, July 31, 2006 12:01 AM > >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled people > >> know they can submit > >> without being members > >> > >> Actually, Evan, I think she does crew on dragon > >> boats. > >> smile--a slip of the tongue--I mean key smile > >> > >> Cindy > >> > >> --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> > Aren't you the car racer? <grin> Are you a > scan > >> > racer as well? <smile> > >> > > >> > ----- Original Message ----- > >> > From: "Katie Star" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 2:12 AM > >> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled > people > >> > know they can submit > >> > without being members > >> > > >> > > >> > > Hi Cindy, > >> > > > >> > > Oh yes they still do. I hit that point back > >> > around the first of the year. > >> > > My renewal is September 11 so it goes to so > how > >> > much I did last fall and > >> > > winter. Right now I have a number of things > >> going > >> > so my validation and > >> > > scanning is a little slower than it was. > Yeah, > >> > once I reach Sep 11 I will > >> > > start a crewing again. > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > Katie Hill > >> > > Expand your wealth at: www.838gold.com > >> > > "Come to the edge" > >> > > > >> > > "We can't; we will fall" > >> > > > >> > > "Come to the edge" > >> > > > >> > > "We can't; We're afraid" > >> > > > >> > > "Come to the edge" > >> > > > >> > > And they came. > >> > > > >> > > And he pushed them. > >> > > > >> > > And they flew. > >> > > > >> > > - Anonomous > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > -----Original Message----- > >> > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On > >> > Behalf Of Cindy > >> > > Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 9:36 PM > >> > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled > >> people > >> > know they can submit > >> > > without being members > >> > > > >> > > Katie, I think what you're submitting and > >> > validating > >> > > will earn you credits toward your next year's > >> > > membership. Unless things have changed, I > think > >> > you're > >> > > allowed to accrue for one year ahead. > >> > > > >> > > Cindy > >> > > > >> > > - > >> > >> I now have my second but still > >> > >> keep submitting and > >> > >> validating. Bookshare is a wonderful > resource. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Katie Hill > >> > >> Expand your wealth at: www.838gold.com > >> > >> "Come to the edge" > >> > >> > >> > >> "We can't; we will fall" > >> > >> > >> > >> "Come to the edge" > >> > >> > >> > >> "We can't; We're afraid" > >> > >> > >> > >> "Come to the edge" > >> > >> > >> > >> And they came. > >> > >> > >> > >> And he pushed them. > >> > >> > >> > >> And they flew. > >> > >> > >> > >> - Anonomous > >> > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> > >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On > >> > >> Behalf Of siss52 > >> > >> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 6:08 PM > >> > >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled > >> people > >> > >> know they can submit > >> > >> without being members > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> If I remember correctly, quite sometime ago > >> > Shelley > >> > >> posted that she > >> > >> submitted until she had enough credits to > pay > >> for > >> > >> her first year's > >> > >> subscription because she was a student and > did > >> > not > >> > >> have the money to pay for > >> > >> > >> > >> a subscription. Is that right, Shelley, or > is > >> my > >> > >> memory failing me? I do > >> > >> not want to put words in your mouth. > <smile> > >> > >> > >> > >> Sue S. > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> > >> From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 7:43 PM > >> > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled > >> people > >> > >> know they can submit > >> > >> without being members > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> I submitted a couple of books before paying > my > >> > >> membership fee. Perhaps you > >> > >> should ask these people where they got the > idea > >> > that > >> > >> they couldn't. It just > >> > >> didn't occur to me that I couldn't submit > books > >> > >> before paying. There's > >> > >> absolutely nothing anywhere on the site that > >> even > >> > >> implies that you need to > >> > >> pay before submitting, only downloading. > >> > >> > >> > >> I submitted books that I knew weren't in the > >> > >> collection. Since I didn't > >> > >> know about the validation part at the time, > I > >> > might > >> > >> have been wasting my > >> > >> time scanning books that were already out > for > >> > >> validation or in the admin > >> > >> queue, but I apparently got lucky on that > >> score. > >> > >> Still, it would be good if > >> > >> members and nonmembers wanting to submit > >> > something > >> > >> could input a title and > >> > >> get a message back telling them if the book > is > >> > out > >> > >> for validation, waiting > >> > >> for administrator approval, or not in the > >> system > >> > at > >> > >> all. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- > >> > >> From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >> > >> Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 3:04 PM > >> > >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled > >> people > >> > >> know they can submit > >> > >> without being members > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Seemed odd to me but I have heard it now > from > >> > >> several blind folks. Some > >> > >> > of them work for agencies and software > >> > >> manufacturers too so the feeling > >> > >> > must be widespread. The part about > haveing > >> to > >> > be > >> > >> a member to search > >> > >> > worries me almost as much as the part > about > >> > having > >> > >> to be a member to > >> > >> > submit. I am also concerned that k1000 > and > >> > >> bookshare do not work closely > >> > >> > together. For instnace, it would be nice > to > >> > >> somehow be able to input a > >> > >> > title before scanning it and search > quickly > >> for > >> > it > >> > >> in the bookshare > >> > >> > database even if you are not a member. > that > >> > way, > >> > >> someone new to scanning > >> > >> > can make sure the bookshare collection > does > >> not > >> > >> include the book before > >> > >> > beginning the process of scanning. > >> > >> > > >> > >> > How closely does bookshare work with the > >> makers > >> > of > >> > >> scanning packages, > >> > >> > particularly those made for disabled > users? > >> > >> > > >> > >> > E. > >> > >> > > >> > >> > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank > >> > Email > >> > >> to > >> > >> > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> > >> > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in > the > >> > >> subject line. 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