[bksvol-discuss] Re: Question on Scan quality for blind vs other types of disabled bookshare readers

Lora, I agree with you. And here is the thing, I can see. So I know that the 
font might be different than the font in the book. The majority of volunteers 
are blind. How do they know if what they scanned isn't identical to the print 
book? So how can it matter so much? Because I can see, it is wrong for me to 
KNOWINGLY change the font of a book I scan or validate. But if I couldn't see, 
it wouldn't be wrong for me to UNKNOWINGLY change the font or size.
  
Right? 
   
  But, isn't the whole point of bookshare to make books ACCESSIBLE to 
everybody? In a large print book the publisher changes the font size. In an 
audio book the publisher changes many things about the book including 
eliminating headers and page numbers. It seems to me that Bookshare should have 
some leniency here. But it also seems a simple solution for the sighted print 
disabled Bookshare member would be for that member to change the font size in 
his or her own digital copy of the book to a workable font for that user.


Jamie in Michigan 
Currently Reading - When death comes stealing : a Tamara Hayle mystery / 
Valerie Wilson Wesley 

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