[bksvol-discuss] Re: [vat] vat activities for the week ending 08-05-09
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 19:34:39 -0700 (PDT)
Thanks. That would change the table to sentences, and then maybe a list or
paragraph, without my having to write them. I think that may have been what
I've been doing, but I can't quite remember. smile
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Fri, 8/7/09, Mayrie ReNae ><mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: [vat] vat activities for the week ending 08-05-09
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Friday, August 7, 2009, 7:18 PM
Hi Cindy,
I'm sure Bob's documentation will tell you this,
but if you use Word to convert the table to text, you have the option to choose
what to use in place of the tabs that were in the table. I find that
commas as the choice works best. But that's just my opinion.
Mayrie
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Cindy
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: [vat] vat
activities for the week ending 08-05-09
A wonderful team, doing wonderful work.
Question;
when you mention the draft of "When to use Tables...I don't
suppose you mean what to do with tables do you, or do you? i.e. how
to put them in a file if tabs are wiped out? Should they be
translated into words and sentences?
Cindy
Wish List (i.e.,
books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list
available at sites below
Wish List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books
Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
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On Fri, 8/7/09, Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From:
Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] [vat] vat
activities for the week ending 08-05-09
To: "bookshare volunteer
discussion" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, August
7, 2009, 5:36 AM
Remember the vat? (Volunteer action team).
Lest you think we've been lounging, enjoying the luxurious salaries
bookshare pays us, think again. Here's a summary of our activities for
last week, just to keep you informed. This has been a busy
group!
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Well it's
been another exciting week in the VAT!
•Mayrie and I
have a couple of documents that are almost ready to be
placed in the
volunteer's handbook. I have sent out the final draft of "when to
use
tables", and Mayrie has sent three documents for final checkout
"proofreading
with Kurzweil", "scanning using Kurzweil" and the
"proofreading checklist". If no one finds anything earth
shattering
about these documents, they will be placed in the manual
this
Friday.
"proofreading using Microsoft Word ® is still being
worked on by Diana and Judy S.
The volunteer's FAQ still has a lot of
unanswered questions. We've agreed that much of the information in this
FAQ exists in other places in the manual. But the information will be
duplicated here to provide a general single place for volunteers to get
answers to their questions.
A document is being worked on
"proofreading using openbook" by an outside volunteer. This document is
in its earliest stages.
• Pavi is
working on a summary with Lara Long (Bookshare’s Product
Manager) of
what engineering is working on so that we will get an overview of their
priorities and a big picture view of what Bookshare is moving forward
on. We should get this report next week.
• Starting
this week I will send the VAT update to the volunteer user's list as
well as the bookshare-discussion list so that the other bookshare users
will be aware of what we are up to.
• Pavi and I
are continuing to work on getting the list of outsourced books
currently
being worked on the Bookshare Wiki so people wishing to scan a book can
check it to see if the book is already in the works. She talked to both
Jim Fruchterman and Betsy Beaumon about the criticalness of having a
better search tool in place for people who are trying to determine
whether to scan a particular book for the collection or not. This issue
is definitely on Bookshare’s radar!
• There
really is a conference telephone call in our future somewhere. When it
happens, we need to discuss how many people we want on the VAT, and
what
procedures we use to bring new members aboard.
Bob
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