Extremely well stated. I was told that I didn't like to read when I was a
kid, but that was totally untrue. I was just given boring books all the
time, so of course I didn't have that much desire to read them. If i had
been given something interesting to read I would have learned much faster
and been much happier.
I remember the Cam? books that were about a young girl detective with a
photographic memory, and those books were really the first interesting
reading material I was ever given in braille that I actually enjoyed
reading. I really wonder what they were actually called. Once I had good
books to read I started to read all the time.
By submitting children's books to bookshare we are encouraging learning,
helping kids to succeed in school, helping kids to love reading, and
ultimately increasing their intelligence, though not necessarily their
ability to spell, if I am any indication. LOL
Sarah Van Oosterwijck
Assistive Technology Trainer
http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:02 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Scannin g
Children and teen books, in accessible form, are especially important as
instilling the love of reading both for pleasure and information is best
done at a young age.
And having good quality, both in content and scanning quality, will
instill those values down the road.
A youngster who downloads a BookShare book and sees them almost perfect in
scanning quality will strive for the same when and if they do scanning
themselves.
So, I am far more concerned that a Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Bailey Kids,
Goose Bumps, Black Stallion, et al book is at near perfection than for a
similar adult book.
So while some might argue that BookShare's collection is somewhat lopsided
with an overweighting of younger reader books,
this will pay handsome dividends down the road for BookShare or any
similar service down the road.
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