[bksvol-discuss] Re: cookbooks

Terribly big project to take on as a first proof though Cindy. Lots of new things to first learn on an easy book to proof well. There will always be cookbooks. 

E.

At 09:29 PM 8/5/2009, you wrote:
There are also some of us sighted volunteers who don't enjoy proofing cookbooks but are more than willing to check measurements for you if we can get the book from the library. I've worked with Elizabeth like that. She tells me the page or the recipe (I can then find the page in the index) that has the poorly scanned measurement and I send her what the measurement is supposed to be. that way I don't have to read the whole book, but the measurements are correct when she uploads the file 

Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below 



Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List 

--- On Wed, 8/5/09, Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Please remove from processing
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, August 5, 2009, 2:05 AM
Kim, I don't scan - I just proofread, so I can't put up a cookbook specifically for you (although there are sure some I'd love to have!). But I looked tonight and there are at least three or four weight watchers cookbooks that have been sitting there waiting to be done for months. I don't think they're very big, but they might be challenging as I don't know how good the scanning was. Go to the 3rd or fourth page of the books to be checked out list and you'll find them. If you download them and they are more than you want to tackle, just release them again. Don't frustrate yourself with a bad scan on your first try!
Extremely picky is good. smile. Extremely picky is what I want a scanner and proofreader to have been when I download a cookbook to read because I don't want to add one tablespoon of baking soda to my biscuits when it should have been a teaspoon! grin.
Be sure to post questions if you run into problems with using the BrailleNote. I don't use one, but there are several volunteers who do who will be glad to help you out. smile. 

Judy s.

Kim Friedman wrote:
> Okay, I'll bite, Judy, got any cookbooks for me? I can promise you I'll be
> extremely picky unless and until I have a great desire to throw something
> against a wall (must curb these violent tendencies, but when one is dealing
> with tech stuff . . . The less said the better.) I have signed up, but want
> a file that is interesting, not too long for the first-timer, and, Oh yes,
> could definitely stand some mentoring here from BrailleNote users. Regards,
> Kim aka Ellinder.

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