From: Pavi Mehta <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How to be a black belt validater?
To: "Monica Willyard" <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>, bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 11:09 AM
Thanks for ccing me directly Monica -- it definitely helps.
This is absolutely great information to include in the
manual -- especially because I've had to field questions
along these lines for various new volunteers and it would
save everyone's time and make so much sense to have it
all outlined clearly in one place. Have added it to my
growing pile of "edits and inclusions"
Thanks all!
Pavi
-----Original Message-----
From: Monica Willyard [mailto:rhyami@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tue 11/11/2008 5:21 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Pavi Mehta
Subject: Re: How to be a black belt validater?
Bob, you bring up a good point here. I'm going to copy
Pavi just in case she
hasn't seen this message. I think this really needs to
be included in the
manual. We have lost several volunteers due to unclear
specifications up
front. For example, though almost all Windows users have
access to WordPad,
we can't use it for validating because it doesn't
retain section breaks and
doesn't show page breaks with speech. The latter
problem could be solved by
hiring a Jaws/Window Eyes scripter to make a script file
that volunteers can
download. The former problem, the one about section breaks,
is a Microsoft
issue we can't get around. I can only speak from a
Windows perspective since
I'm not familiar with the Mac or Linux.
I would put the requirements this way in the manual.
Validaters must have
and use one of the following:
Microsoft Word
Kurzweil
WordPerfect (if you have some sight since speech
doesn't announce page
breaks)
Openbook
Wyn Wizard
A modern Pacmate or BrailleNote
Open Office, (if you are sighted since speech doesn't
work with this
program)
Validaters cannot use:
An old notetaker like Braille Lite or Braille 'N'
Speak (It doesn't retain
page breaks at all)
WordPad
Notepad
Windows Live Writer
A text editor
Monica Willyard
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Bob Writes:
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How to be a black belt
validater?
This is an excellent suggestion Kaitlyn.
I would like to see something about necessary tools and
preferred tools.
For example, is ms word a necessary tool? or is Kurzweil
preferred over
Openbook? Can a validator validate properly using only a
notetaker?
I realize that this would be a difficult section because we
all, obviously,
prefer the tools we have on hand, and the prices for
adaptive technology
prohibit us from buying a whole new bunch of tools just
because it seems
that these are the preferred method.
However, a person couldn't validate using only a text
editor with a spell
checker because page numbers wouldn't be maintained. I
suspect that most of
the early books into the collection were submitted using
only a text editor.
However, if a new volunteer wanted to use a text editor to
validate a book
they'd be out of luck.
Thanks.
Bob
