I'm willing to proof anything, no matter how bad the scan, and except for nonfiction religious books, matter the content It takes me a while because I'm very careful and sometimes I work on other books at the same time, but if you have something you want me to scan just tell me before you submit it. --- On Thu, 7/26/12, Regina Alvarado <reggie.alvarado@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Regina Alvarado <reggie.alvarado@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 10:37 AM > Netta: > I have not seen an answer to my question yet about scanning > in Word, but I > too would like to have a proofer to work with me if I > scan. I know most > everyone works in Open Book and Kurzweil, and as I am going > to the state of > Florida for services, perhaps they could buy one of thes for > me. Don't know > if I am confident enough in myself yet to scan as everything > must be > perfect, but I think I am going to try. If I fail, at > least I tried. I can > always go back to proofing. Maybe that is how you need > to approach it too. > I don't know how sihted folks would have looked at the books > I scanned a > whole many, many years ago, but I read as I scanned and > fixed as much as I > could. Beyond that I am not certain how to > continue. Guess we can try > together! (smiley) Maybe I scan scan a book. You can > proof it and then you > can scan and I can proof! > Reggie > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Dornetta > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 11:54 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning > > Hey Reggie, > I feel as you. I am considering scanning but am still > somewhat leery. I > would want to get it right and the scans I do for myself are > awful at best. > I already know that a lot of it has to do with my scan > setting for Open Book > > and although I am doing the "research" to get corrected > there is still the > problem that exist. > As far as Roger's comment about the "hold fors" on the list; > as a first time > > volunteer I felt like this community was cliquish when > I went on the list > to check out a book. There where so many "hold fors" and I > didn't know what > it meant. I have since ditched that impression and decided > to work on > whatever I can. I didn't find anything I was interested in > proffing at first > > and just checked out a book to get started with the proofing > process-I have > since ditched that format as well. Now as a volunteer it > takes me what I can > > only explain as forever because I am always checking and > re-reading my > proofs to the point that the times that I do not get on > line, my book > expires and with the quickness it gets taken by another > volunteer. I said > this to say that honestly the hold fors don't really bother > that much since > the books that have hold fors on them are not in my interest > anyway. Most of > > the books that I am interested in does not seem to be books > that someone on > this list will pick up and that is fine and the reason why I > am considering > scanning. I only hope to develop a relationship with a > proofer that would > like to proof the book for me. > S/N: this stems from a conversation that we have in most of > the book club I > am in. All but 2 of us are blind and the blind/v.i. people > use book share to > > get their reading material. There are not many books in one > of the genres we > > like to read. > Netta > "Just because you are blind does not mean you lack > vision"-Stevie Wonder > > 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. > > > 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. > > 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.