[bksvol-discuss] Re: Volunteer Poll: Cookbooks
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 21:34:40 -0400
Hello Scott,
As a person who is right now holding on to three cook books, I know for me I
would like to do them. But as a blind person I can't see the fractions and
I don't have an opticon to "see" them either. For me I would have to have
sighted assistance and that is why they continue to sit here on the
bookshelf. Smile.
They are
30 Day Gourmet Freezing Cooking made Easy
30 day Gourmets Big Book of Freezer Cooking
And The Oregon Cook Book by Guide Dogs for the Blind.
I also love doing craft books and these also require special attention
because of instructions, and recipes.
Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
and Ludden Black Labrador Guide Dog
The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he
does it without destroying something else. -John Updike, writer (1932-2009)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2010 6:23 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Volunteer Poll: Cookbooks
Volunteers,
The strategy for adapting to the PQ influx that we have discussed here
recently has emphasized looking at small publishers. The assumption has
been that volunteers would continue to work on books of Level 1 and Level
2 difficulty. Yet Bookshare will continue to have books of greater
difficulty.
Recently we have heard from volunteers celebrating their first cookbooks -
real skill stretchers. Maybe cookbooks can be an enjoyable Level 3 and
beyond training ground for some?
I would like to evaluate the level of volunteer interest in working
explicitly on cookbooks. I am raising this on-list because there are
multiple issues to be resolved, such as fractions, and multiple
perspectives are helpful in resolving them.
Keep in mind that raising the issue do not necessarily mean that we will
take cookbooks on as a volunteer project. Cookbooks come to mind because
of the recent celebrations on the list. From Bookshare's perspective it
would be valuable to see a pioneering group organize itself around
developing the techniques for tackling the toughest books whatever their
content. You may find that cell phone or refrigerator repair manuals hold
greater interest for you as a place to stretch skills and techniques but
let's see if there is something for us to learn from cookbooks as a first
example.
A couple questions for the list or privately to me:
If you have done a cookbook what difficulties did you encounter?
Were you able to complete the book or did you team up with someone or have
to give up on it?
If you teamed up what did that involve?
What good scanning or proofing solutions did you invent or discover in
working on a cookbook?
Do you have advice for others who might want to tackle their first
cookbook?
Thanks
Scott Rains
Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
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