[bksvol-discuss] Re: Planning to scan
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 2010 01:18:48 -0800 (PST)
Thanks, Denise
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Tue, 1/12/10, Denise Thompson <deniset@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Denise Thompson <deniset@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Planning to scan
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 1:04 PM
>
>
>
>
>
> Cindy
>
> I'll be scanning
>
> Undone by Karin Slaughter
>
> Trick or Treat, Corrina Chapman book 4 by Kerry Greenwood
>
> Cocaine Blues, Phyne Fisher book 1 by Kerry Greenwood
>
> Thanks
>
> Denise T.
>
>
> At 09:39 AM 1/11/2010, you wrote:
>
>
> The other thing
> I forgot to mention regarding Skype is that there are
> scripts which make
> Skype easy to use.
>
>
>
> I believe
> you can have up to thirty people on a chat. I can't
> imagine that we'd
> have more people than that for a chat party. Everyone has
> such busy
> schedules these days.
>
>
>
> We could
> simply post a time for a chat, and ask people to e-mail if
> they want to
> be included.
>
>
>
> Very
> simple, in my opinion.
>
>
>
>
> Blessings.
>
>
>
>
> Lynnsky
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Blessings.
>
>
>
>
> Lynnsky
>
>
>
>
>
> From:
> bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [
> mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Lynn
> I
>
> Sent: Monday, January 11, 2010 11:31 AM
>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: voice chat room
> available
>
>
>
> Hi
> Denise!
>
>
>
> I use
> Skype. It works well for me. I think it would be a good
> solution too,
> with a lot fewer complications, but many people probably
> would disagree
> with that.
>
>
>
> I'd be
> willing to use Skype for our chats too, and think it would
> require a lot
> less effort. Skype is not a difficult program to download,
> install, and
> use--and it's free.
>
>
>
>
> Blessings.
>
>
>
>
> Lynnsky
>
>
>
>
>
> From:
> bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [
> mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of
> Denise Thompson
>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 1:30 PM
>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: voice chat room
> available
>
>
>
> Yes, I know what you mean. (smile) Good ideas often turn
> into a lot more
> than we bargain for. The administrator part is going to be
> the toughest
> thing. I've emailled for more info about that. I'm
> wondering if it
> wouldn't be a whole lot simpler for folks to donwload
> Skype to their PCs
> and for a few folks who want to get together to to a
> conference call. I
> think up to 10 or 12 people can conference free of charge.
> It's hard to
> know if we'd have more than that in the chat room at a
> time anyway. For
> those not familiar with Skype, it's a free software
> that you down load
> onto your computer. Once it's installed whcih is done
> like any other
> software. You follow the steps and set up your account. You
> need a
> microphone to plug into your computer. Microphones
> aren't expensive. Then
> calls can be made from your computer free of charge to
> another skype
> user. There are paid plans, but the free program works well
> also and it
> allows as I said a few people to talk together free. It
> might be a place
> to start anyway to see how many people are interested
> before getting into
> the voice chat room thing which is going to require more
> time for some
> one organizing the chat. Just some thoughts.
>
> Denise
>
>
>
>
> At 08:10 AM 1/11/2010, you wrote:
>
>
> Hi Denise!
>
>
>
> That was
> nice of you to check into this. *smile*
>
>
>
>
> Initially, when Jamie mentioned a possible chat party, I
> thought it was a
> good one, and after Susan L contacted Bob Acosta and asked
> whether we
> could use the Book Nook, I e-mailed him, last week, and
> asked whether we
> could use the Book Nook room last weekend. I received no
> response, and
> e-mailed Jamie, accordingly.
>
>
>
> I really
> hadn't planned to take the lead on this, but was
> willing to help to
> arrange it.
>
>
>
> I did
> visit the "politics" room at
> ourplace.acbradio.org, after
> Monica's post, and found the log in to be exactly like
> that of Accessible
> World chat rooms, so think it would be a good fit for a
> Bookshare
> chat.
>
>
>
> I also
> thought of contacting Talking Communities, directly, to see
> if we could
> have our own chat room. That way, we wouldn't have to
> worry about
> conflicts with times and other scheduled events.
>
>
>
> This is
> becoming more of a project than I feel I can commit
> to--especially, since
> there would have to be an administrator for each chat.
> I'm willing to do
> what I can to help, but do not want to take responsibility
> for this
> entire project. I believe my time is better spent
> proofreading.
>
>
>
>
> Blessings.
>
>
>
>
> Lynnsky
>
>
>
>
>
> From:
> bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [
>
> mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of
> Denise Thompson
>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2010 12:22 PM
>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] voice chat room available
>
>
>
> Hi all
>
> I've been in contact with one of the web masters from
> Blindsea a site
> which list software for those of us who use a cell phone
> screen reader
> called Talks on our Nokia phones. They have 3 chat rooms
> available 24/7.
> Stephen said we could use one. I've participated on
> discussions of
> accessible phone software there and it works just like the
> Talking
> Community works from Accessible world. So it's either a
> Talking community
> room or very similar. If this sounds interesting to folks
> I'll get more
> details. If this is like Talking community someone will
> have to be
> willing to be the administrator and handle the behind the
> scenes stuff.
> This would be the case with Accessible world as well if we
> used one of
> their rooms. I'm not exactly sure who supposed to be
> handling this from
> this list, but let me know if you'd like to pursue this
> or would like me
> to get more info about the set-up.
>
> Denise
>
>
> At 07:09 PM 1/10/2010, you wrote:
>
> I have Friday
> the 15th of
> January off, if someone is able to set up a place and a
> time I will try
> to make it.
>
>
> --
>
> Jamie in Michigan
>
>
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