[bksvol-discuss] Re: Talking Booksharian
- From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2010 13:11:01 -0500
Hi Scott!
I wrote this message on Sunday evening, I think it was when my ISP was
doing some maintenance preventing me from checking my mail, then I forgot
to send my brainstorm of what could be included in the Bookshare glossary.
I was also keeping track of the suggestions the the other posts.
You mentioned in a lter post that you would like people to define these
terms. I know that at least one volunteer said she'd supply the
definitions for the terms she knew. If there are any that haven't been
defined yet, I could take a stab at them.
Here's my version of glossary terms with the other comments below.
Debby
Bookshare Glossary Possibilities
access technology
braille display
em dash
en dash
eyes, or pair of eyes, or set of eyes
NLS
pagination
punctuation: turned on, turned off, or dictionary only
notetaker
NVDA screen reader
System Access
visual reader
Kim suggested:
jiffy proofreader
Carrie Carnos added:
Hi Kim,
Many years ago, the volunteers identified themselves as "deranged
perfectionists" which I thought was apropos.
Evan is a Deranged Perfectionist.
Sue is nitpicky.
Maureen was wondering:
Hi
Being so new to this whole bookshare thing I found a couple of words I
don't know definitions for, what is the book score? And what is
wiki? System Access could be included or serotech. Or, for that matter
windoweyes.
Maureen
Sorry I'm so late in getting this to you.
Debby
At 09:50 PM 5/28/2010, Scott Rains wrote
Bookshare Volunteers,
This week it occurred to us just how differently we sometimes use words
here at Bookshare.
We certainly have our own set of abbreviations and acronyms. What other
online community can hold such erudite discussions of ellipses, scanner
settings, or British punctuation for so long? Where else can you cause
such turmoil if you confuse "submit" with "check-in"?
As we brainstormed what sort of orientation and training material to
create for new volunteers we found that we had generated a word list that
could be the start of a glossary. Read through the list below. If you
think of other words, acronyms, or concepts that we might be helpful for
new volunteers gather them up and email them to me or - if you want to
hold the discussion online - post them to the list for others to add to.
Enjoy the long weekend.
Scott Rains
Bookshare Volunteer Coordinator, Interim
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The Bookshare Glossary
Learning to Talk Like a Booksharian
Adult Content Policy
Assistive Technology
AT
Benetech
Beneblog
Book Access
Book Accessibility
Book Pipeline
Book Score
Bookshare
Bookshare Discussion List
Booksharian
Braille
Brailler
Chafee Amendment
Check in
Check out
Chop & Scan
Contractor
Converter
Copyright
Copyright Page
DAISY
DAISY Consortium
DAISY Reader
Digital Books
Dust Jacket
E-pub
Footer
Header
Image Description
ISBN
JAWS
Library of Congress
OCR
OCR Settings
Online Manual
Page Break
PDF
Print Disabled
Proofread
RTF
Scan
Scanner Settings
Screenreaderr
Smart Quotes
Submit
Synopsis
TIFF
Running Header
Title Page
Volunteer List
Welcome Guide
Wiki
WindowEyes
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