[bookshare-discuss] Re: Requesting some Help with the List
- From: Brenda Mueller <brendin@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 14:14:49 -0400
Now with Braille Notes and Voice Notes, we already have the unpack bookshare
utility. Does this help you with my previous question?
Brenda Mueller
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Peter Scialli" <Peter.s@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 08:05:17 -0400
>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Requesting some Help with the List
>Sounds exactly right Dave. Thanks.
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>Peter M. Scialli, Ph.D.
>Associate, Technical Projects, Bookshare.org
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>peter @benetech.org
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>----- Original Message -----
>From: <talmage@xxxxxxxxxx
>To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 7:03 AM
>Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Requesting some Help with the List
>> Hi Cindy,
>> I'm not Peter but hopefully I can give you some answers along the lines of
>> what Peter was referring to.
>> Third party software would be packages like the Victor Reader, braille
>> translation programs, and any other programs that would be of interest to
>> someone using the Bookshare service. I think, although it wouldn't
>> qualify
>> as third party software, the Bookshare unpack utility would be a valid
>> topic of interest to the discussion group as well.
>> Third party hardware would be items like BookPorts, Book Couriers, MP3
>> players, braille devices, etc.
>> The best way I could describe the difference between the discussion group
>> and the volunteer group would be, the discussion group is for those
>> interested in using Bookshare as a library service, and the volunteer
>> group
>> is for those who wish to build and add to the library itself. As such,
>> while you will probably get comments on the structure, bugs, and errors,
>> in
>> the web site itself in both groups, the questions relevant to uploading,
>> editing, validating, scanning, scanning tools, books being scanned, books
>> awaiting validation, etc. are more suited to the volunteer list.
>> Hope this helps, and that it isn't contradictory to the point Peter was
>> making.
>> Dave
>> At 06:45 PM 9/21/2004, you wrote:
>>>Thanks, Peter, for the clarification. I was wondering
>>>why so many people seem to be leaving the
>>>bookshare-discuss list. But I could use a little more
>>>clarification (though maybe I'm alone in this).
>>>I'm not sure to what third-party applications and
>>>devices refers, or content.
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