[bksvol-discuss] Re: geetting pages from amazon
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:35:41 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks, I will ask Pavi. It would be nice to be able to copy and paste rather
than to copy a a page by typing it when the need arises. smile. when the
WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS AVAILABLE
AT
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www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm
A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT
http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm
--- On Tue, 4/21/09, Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: geetting pages from amazon
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 7:55 PM
> Hi Cindy. The pages from look inside
> on Amazon are images, and I'm not sure
> how a person might handle them. I'm not sure how many
> experienced Mac users
> are on this list. You do so much for us, and I wish I could
> help you. I
> don't want your request for help to go unanswered. Did you
> know that several
> of the Bookshare staff members use a Mac? Some of them are
> sighted, so
> they'd know how to do things with a mouse like you do.
> Maybe if you wrote to
> Pavi with your question, she could ask one of the Mac users
> to help you out.
> This is something you do often, so I think it's worth
> asking about. Off the
> top of my head, I know that Megan has a Mac. I know others
> do too, and my
> memory seems to be on the fritz at the moment. :(
>
> Monica Willyard
> "The best way to predict the future is to create it." --
> Peter Drucker
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Cindy Rosenthal
> Sent: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 10:01 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] geetting pages from amazon
>
>
> Does anyone have any idea how to copy and paste a page from
> Look inside the
> book with a mac? I'd like it especially when I'm trying to
> provide someone
> with a copyright page. Someone sent me some instructions
> once some time ago
> but they didn't work. May because they weren't for a mac.
> Maybe it was you,
> Jamie. smile
>
> Cindy
> WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE
> COLLECTION)IS
> AVAILABLE AT
> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/wish_list/wish_list.htm
> www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm
>
> A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT
> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
> www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm
>
>
> --- On Mon, 4/20/09, Jamie Yates <mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Jamie Yates <mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Cherry Ames, Student
> Nurse
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Monday, April 20, 2009, 7:49 PM
> > Thank you, Cindy for the idea! It
> > worked for me. For those of you who wonder how to get
> the
> > parts you need easily, go to the page view in Amazon,
> put as
> > much on your screen as possible, and hit print
> screen.
> >
> > Then open up the program "paint" under
> > accessories which is free with all Windows computers.
> Hit
> > Ctrl-V to paste what you just "print screen"
> > copied to the clipboard.
> >
> > Save the image and then import the image into your
> OCR
> > program. You'll get ALL of the junk that was on your
> > screen so just OCR the part you need.
> >
> > You probably have to do this twice for each page view
> > because you can't view the whole page in Amazon at
> once,
> > at least I cannot.
> >
> > But when you only need two pages, it doesn't take
> > long and it's well worth it.
> >
> > --
> > Jamie in Michigan
> > Currently Reading: Roseflower Creek by J. L. Miles
> > www.michrxtech.com/books.html
> >
> >
>
>
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