[bookshare-discuss] Re: Just Downloaded My First Book for Validation
- From: juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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- Date: Fri, 10 Feb 2006 00:17:07 -0500 (EST)
On the Braillnote, to add a copyright symbol
Go to Insert, then, Unicode Character and then type copyright, It will pop
up.
In MS Word, and if you have Jaws, hit Insert plus the number four, and then
pick the Copyright from the title of the list.
Me thinks I would reject this book if it is so bad, and scan a new copy and
submit it.
That is my thoughts of course.
Good luck Evan.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Evan Reese" <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, February 07, 2006 2:04 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Just Downloaded My First Book for Validation
I just downloaded my first book for validation. It's _In The Ruins_ by Kate
Elliott, Crown of Stars Volume 6. It was submitted on November 17, so it's
been up there for a while. The submitter put it in the Fair category, and
by the looks of things, that's about right. I've noticed quite a few errors
just in the first few pages. Also, the copyright information was not
provided, so I put that in.
I'm picking up a paper copy this afternoon from a local bookstore. If it
had been categorized as excellent, I might not have bothered, but I might
have gotten one anyway - preferably from my local library - but they didn't
have one. I would prefer to have a paper copy in case there's a scanning
error that I can't figure out. I have an Optacon, so I at least don't have
to ask someone sighted what's on the page if I run into trouble. I've been
wanting to read this book since it came out last August, though, so I'm
going to read right through it.
However, if the errors are too many and too egregious, I just may scan the
whole thing in again. It might come out better - my OpenBook does a pretty
good job, especially with hardcovers and trade paperbacks. It might be more
effective timewise than trying to puzzle out garbled text. Hopefully that
won't be necessary.
I'm a little nervous, this being my first book and all. I hope I do things
correctly.
By the way, is there a keyboard shortcut for the Copyright symbol? I just
used alt-169 at the beginning of the book where it's supposed to be, but I
was wondering if there is a keyboard combination for that? Just curious.
I also subscribed to the volunteer discussion list. I was a little
intimidated at first by the 50 messages per day figure cited on the website,
but I figure that it may not be as bad as all that; it isn't as though I
have to read all of them.
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