[bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:15:16 -0700 (PDT)
One thing you can do when you submit a scan that is rate it good or fair (I
think poor ones are being rejected) and in the comments state that the book
should be proofed by a sighted person who can obtain the print book; then
someone like me will take it for proofing (except I can't if it's missing whole
pages).
Cndy
--- On Thu, 7/26/12, Dornetta <dornetta@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Dornetta <dornetta@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 8:53 AM
> 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
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