[bookshare-discuss] Re: Things to do while scanning
- From: "robert tweedy" <rtweedy2@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 11:08:53 -0600
Go to www.myfreedombox.info
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From: "Patti Johnson" <razz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 7:53 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Things to do while scanning
> I'd like to know about Freedom box too, I went to the site and it said
> it was under construction, so where do you find the ovies, do you have to
> sign up and pay something to hear them?
> Patti
>
> Dear Lord, help me to become the kind of person that my dog thinks I am.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ted Shelly" <tshelly@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 8:42 PM
> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Things to do while scanning
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>> Jana,
>>
>> Can you tell me more about "freedom box". What is their web site?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ted
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jana Jackson [mailto:jana@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> Sent: Saturday, January 01, 2005 7:30 PM
>> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Things to do while scanning
>>
>> Hi, everyone! First of all, I want to wish you all a very happy and
>> blessed
>> 2005! I look forward to seeing what this year holds for Bookshare as
>> well.
>> I've found several things that help to make scanning less boring. <Smile>
>> First of all, as Mike and shelley have stated, it's sometimes fun to read
>> the book while I'm scanning it. If I feel like watching a movie, I often
>> log on to Freedom Box, which, by the way, is an excellent on-line network
>> for blind people. They have just launched Freedom Box System Access, a
>> low-cost alternative to current screen readers. Anyway, Freedom box
>> includes a ton of sound-tracks for audio-described movies, so I often
>> watch
>> one while I'm scanning. If I know that I'm going to be on the phone for
>> a
>> while, I will sometimes scan a book while I'm chatting with a friend,
>> especially when I'm to the point where I'm ready to use the Scan
>> Repeatedly
>> feature in K1000 which, by the way, is a God-send! If I don't feel like
>> reading a book, watching a movie, or chatting, sometimes I find it nice
>> to
>> just sit and think while I'm scanning... but that's very rare! <Smile>
>>
>> Having said all that, Rose, I think a long book is quite a daunting task,
>> and I have to be feeling especially brave to undertake it! <Smile> Happy
>> New Year, everyone!
>>
>> Jana
>>
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