[ddots-l] Re: O.T. Best way to get print book accessible?
- From: Charles Marston <rumbero73@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 15:27:37 -0400
Albert:
On a related note, I think it would be really nice to have something similar to
BookShare but for musicians who, using software like GoodFeel, could scann and
share written music.
Are there plans for something like that?
> From: kevjazz@xxxxxxxxx
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> Subject: [ddots-l] Re: O.T. Best way to get print book accessible?
> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 13:48:27 -0500
>
> Albert,
> Correct.
>
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>
> Hi,
>
> The book Kevin's talking about averages more than one graphic per page and I
> fear most of the graphics provide valuable info that should be described.
>
> Albert
>
> --- From Charles Marston ---
> Kevin:
> BookShare membership is $50 per year. They have many volunteers who both
> scann and review the books before making them available to members. I don't
> know for sure but I imagine they could scann a book that you send and make
> it available to all members. I am pretty sure they use Open Book to do
> this. I have it myself and it does a very good job with most books.
> however, keep in mind that OB is designed to ignore pictures and graphs on
> the pages. Given that this book on music notation may have a lot of
> pictures or graphs, I am sure you will get many confusing pages. I believe
> the volunteers concentrate on the text, so I don't think they would spend
> any time if at all in fixing the mistakes caused by the graphs. However, if
> this book is more like a dictionary with small pictures and a lot of text
> explaining the uses of the signs, I think you could get most of it with OB.
>
> I believe that in order to get services from RFB, you need to be a student.
> So, if you are a student, you can get their help and this should not cost
> you.
>
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> From: kevjazz@xxxxxxxxx
> To: blindgeekzone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [ddots-l] O.T. Best way to get print book accessible?
> Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 11:50:37 -0500
>
>
>
> Dear All,
> I recently purchased a copy of "Music Notation" by Gardner Reed. This
> is the bible of print notation conventions. I asked prior to buying the
> book and found that it was not part of the collection of RFB&D or Book
> Share. Since I don't know how either of those services work, I'd like to
> know which of them is the best to go to and ask them to consider including
> this book in their collection. Failing that, are there services that would
> scan an entire book into PDF for a fee? I don't own a Sara or Open Book and
> don't want to buy one for this purpose.
> Anyway, if anyone has a suggestion as to how to make this book as
> accessible as possible, I'd love to know. Thanks, Kevin
>
>
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