I've always thought that the wish list and books being scanned should be a spreadsheet. In fact, I suggested this a long time ago. Jaws and WindowEyes both work perfectly well with MS Excel.
Melissa Smith On 1/11/2011 7:26 AM, Scott Rains wrote:
Having spreadsheet version is an intermediary step to updating the Wish List on the wiki. On second thought however, I am wondering if that format isn't a step backwards for Jaws users. Attached is a version of the Wish List from several weeks ago as a spreadsheet. Maybe a couple people could try to read it with Jaws, or other potentially problematic apps, and do a quick quality analysis of the idea. Format choice isn't necessarily a bad thing. From the larger perspective its seems appropriate that we continue to be generous about reformatting documents for each other. I have certainly been the beneficiary of volunteer help lately as my email sends out junk characters or "invisible" emails. Sharing Google documents and Excel spreadsheets between the various flavors of apps we all use has also driven this home to me. Maybe, in a smaller discussion off list with Cindy, a few people could figure out a good alternate format strategy and self-organize to test it for a few months. The solution might be for Cindy to continue with the few tweaks she is introducing along with a team that republishes a digest spreadsheet version for quick reference? Copy me in. I'd like to be part of that discussion. The Wish List is both an important resource and a unique tradition in the Bookshare volunteer community. Cindy carries it 100% for the benefit of us all. The geek network administrator in me says "redundancy is good risk management." The manager asks, "What succession path do we have in place to let Cindy train helpers?" It sounds like a few people are offering to be understudies with you, Cindy. Scott ________________________________________ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ellen Bartlett [starry10286@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2011 4:24 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books that are a series or a part thereof. I'm siding with Scott. The file is a bear to read sometimes. I would even be willing to fix it up if you don't have time for it, Cindy. Ellen To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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