[bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled people know they can submit without being members
- From: "Katie Star" <kaitlyn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 17:17:02 -0700
E,
I guess if Kurzweil had a bookshare search maybe should they have special
searches for the rest of the search features available through Kurzweil. The
point is Kurzweil product is a scanning and reading package and that is
there focus. The fact that they add some additional search features and
attempt to keep them updated when there are changes are a nice extra. It is
not their business and probably shouldn't be. I know with discussions on the
Kurzweil list there have been suggestions to add a number of things to the
program, their view is that is not the business they are in and they are
offered else where. For example: searching bookshare is available on the web
through the bookshare site.
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled people know they can submit
without being members
I wonder if all k1000 users know they can search for bookshare books
without being a paid subscriber?
So many folks who are new to k1000 might benefit from some sort of quick
search option available prior to the beginning of the scanning of a
book. I know there is one in the menu system but if they could hit a key
and have a search done and find the book is on bookshare and get all happy
and join and and and
E.
At 06:17 PM 7/29/2006, you wrote:
>Elizabeth,
>
>You'll have to define what you mean by member. The system will ask you for
>login information, but you don't, to my knowledge, need a paid
subscription.
>
>And, I don't see what the difficulty in going to the website is to do this
>task. Kurzweil is not focused on providing features for BookShare
>volunteers, as much as I wish they were, it's a separate product developed
>for scanning and reading.
>
>Jake
>
>
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>Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 5:13 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled people know they can submit
>without being members
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>>I assume it searches for those books whether or not you are a member.
>>
>>E.
>>At 06:10 PM 7/29/2006, you wrote:
>>
>>>Elizabeth,
>>>
>>>Interesting, well I'm really still scratching my head as to why those
>>>people would think that, but there's not a whole lot I can do.
>>>
>>>To my knowledge BookShare has contacts at both Freedom Scientific and
>>>Kurzweil. Stephen Baum even showed up to the NFB user group meeting for
>>>at least part of it. Gustavo has said on the list that he tries to meet
>>>with Stephen when they attend the same conferences.
>>>
>>>And it is of course, possible to search the BookShare database (live
>>>collection only) from inside Kurzweil. It's under the Online menu,
>>>titled, search for books.
>>>
>>>OpenBook has a similar feature, but I can't say if the feature is a
>>>working one.
>>>
>>>Jake
>>>----- Original Message ----- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2006 5:04 PM
>>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: let disabled people know they can submit
>>>without being members
>>>
>>>
>>>>Seemed odd to me but I have heard it now from several blind
>>>>folks. Some of them work for agencies and software manufacturers too
>>>>so the feeling must be widespread. The part about haveing to be a
>>>>member to search worries me almost as much as the part about having to
>>>>be a member to submit. I am also concerned that k1000 and bookshare do
>>>>not work closely together. For instnace, it would be nice to somehow
>>>>be able to input a title before scanning it and search quickly for it
>>>>in the bookshare database even if you are not a member. that way,
>>>>someone new to scanning can make sure the bookshare collection does not
>>>>include the book before beginning the process of scanning.
>>>>
>>>>How closely does bookshare work with the makers of scanning packages,
>>>>particularly those made for disabled users?
>>>>
>>>>E.
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