Hi, Jackie, I feel I'm getting more contacts so I'll have something to read to keep me out of mischief. I prefer proofreading fiction myself because I don't have an Optacon which might allow me to check for accuracy and as I said I read every word in a book and of course I like to correspond with the submitter in case I have questions. Regards, Kim Friedman. -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ixchel, Jackie Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 10:46 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Plan for More Work (was Acdcent Marks) Hi, I would also like to proof for whoever needs it. I like reading mystery, fantacy, fiction and historical fiction. I like reading a lot and sometimes I am a little OCD when I proof. :) Now that summer is coming I will have a lot of time to proof! This helps me both read and acquire credits so that later I can donate them since I won't need them for a while. Jackie On 6/3/12, Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, Sandi, well I like to proofread fiction with the exception of > horror. I've read some science fiction, I've done some anthologies > (three), and I seem to be in a historical fiction or historical > mystery niche right now. I like mysteries, fantasy, romance, etc. I > wouldn't mind doing something which makes me laugh. I don't think I'd > want to do something horribly violent (especially if it's gratuitous). > As for language, I don't like to use strong language, but if I find > strong language in a book (you know the words) I will proofread what's > there. With regard to non-fiction, I can't say I've done much of that, > that is, textbooks, books with charts and tables, etc. I haven't done > poetry or cookbooks (this last would be really hard because I wouldn't > be able to check for accuracy. As for my procedure, if I proofread a > book for you, you can count on me reading every word and also > corresponding with you should I have text questions. I don't have your > email address but I wouldn't mind doing stuff for you if I found it > interesting. If you wish to judge what I've done, you can find some > stuff I have proofread and give it a look. Regards, Kim Friedman. > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sandi Ryan > Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 10:05 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Plan for More Work (was Acdcent Marks) > > > Hi Everyone, > > I just saw Lissi's great e-mail on more work for everyone, and here's > a plan I think could work for that: > > When I came on board a year ago, I thought I was going to be a > proofer. I mean, I'm blind, and that seemed like the best way for a > blind person to go. > However, I immediately met Valerie Maples and Lissi, and they encouraged > me > to try scanning. Well, that made sense to me, because I'd been scanning > > books for nearly as long as scanners had been accessible. I > determined, > > since I love scanning, to be one of Bookshare's best scanners, and to > work with proofreaders who actually read the books I scanned and would > put the > very best book possible into the collection. > > The way I've gotten enough work to keep me busy is to tell Valerie and > Lissi when I'm running short, and to let the list know that I have a > library card > from my local library which gives me access to books throughout the > country. > Each one costs $1, which I gladly pay for the privilege of scanning it > into > the Bookshare collection. I turn in only Excellent scans, so even a new > > proofreader should be able to read through the book and make only a > few changes. I do insist that you read the entire book, though. > > The other thing proofreaders and potential proofreaders can do to help > expand the list are the things Lissi and Valerie have done--research > books. Find those you'd like to proof that aren't in the collection, > and let a scanner know you're interested. But when you want a book > scannd, we need to > know the exact title, exact author's name, ISBN, and publication date. > That > saves ever so much research time for us. We'll scan faster if you find > and > send us copies of the books--but if you can't--I know many of us are > working > with zero budgets--let us get them from ILL or some other means--then > we're > working together. I have come up with maybe ten books to scan, but I > work > with wonderful proofers who are constantly looking for books for me to > scan. > > Let's all team up and put lots of really good volunteer books in the > collection. When you see a HOLD, respect it. When you find a book > you'd like, put it on the wish list, or contact someone you know scans > and ask > > them to scan it and have you proof it. Then you'll have your own > holds. > > There are plenty of books in the world to be done by volunteers. But > everyone needs to take an active role in locating, scanning and > proofreading. Find your niche, and work as hard as you choose. And > welcome aboard to new people. I'm amazed at how wonderful this job > still is more > than a year down the road! > > Sandi > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 11:18 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks > > >> Dear Kim and Booksharian Friends, >> >> Kim, Since I'm reading this thread out of order, you may have already >> had this suggestion. To produce an I umlaut I delete the i, and press >> the control and shift down together. As I hold them, I type the colon >> Then > >> release all three keys and type i. when you backspace your > screenreader >> should say i umlaut. This is with Word 2003. Soon I'll have to make > the >> leap to a more updated word, oh dread! >> >> Good luck! >> >> Many thanks to Sandi, and to those of you who advised her about how >> to > >> get >> Strawberry Season back for me. Thank you to the volunteer, too, who >> released it. I've proofed Books one and two in this wonderful trilogy > and >> had bought books for Sandi to scan and for me to proof the third >> book. > >> I'll be getting on it tomorrow once I've checked in Mr. Monk on > Patrol, >> from a wonderful scan done by Jamie. Just 30 pages to go. >> >> Bookshare has the Monk novels and they are laugh out loud funny. I >> hope many of you will give them a try. They'll brighten your reading > landscape. >> Jamie has been consistently faithful seeing that they have been added > to >> the collection. She's a marvel of generosity, scanning many books and >> putting holds on the ones she knows some of us care deeply about. >> >> As for Island Wife, The Wind From the Hills and The Strawberry >> Season, > >> by >> Jessica Sterling, they are fabulous historical romances with deep >> character study and very concerned with family dynamics set in the >> Scottish Hebrides near the end of the nineteenth century. They are >> intelligently written and the type of series you can lose yourself >> in. > >> They are not formulaic, pot boiler, cookie cutter romances. The > transcend >> the genre in general. >> >> I fear we have a shortage of scanners. It takes much more work >> tracking down books that aren't in the collection yet, and we all >> have to be willing to do the work knowing it may be replaced by PQ >> versions of > our >> books, but I love the process of making a proof as error free as I > can, >> love the reading of the book as I proof and therefore still feel my >> efforts were worthwhile even when a book I've worked on is replaced, >> though occasionally, the volunteer copy has better navigation and > other >> perks for Bookshare readers than the PQ books. >> >> I've never seen the check out list as short as it is now. Is it >> because Bookshare is emphasizing textbooks and working harder at >> training volunteers who can describe graphics? Since we blind readers >> were so active in helping Bookshare during its start up years, it's >> sad to see > our >> role diminishing. >> >> Since I love hunting down books to add, there is no shortage for Evan >> to scan for me to proof as well as for other generous scanners to >> scan. >> >> If there is interest, I have about 20 books I'll be happy to give to >> anyone who has the time to scan them in the next month or so. I don't > want >> to proof them and don't want them returned. I'd just love to see them > in >> the collection and if there are willing scanners, their presence >> could > >> plump up the check out page a little. >> >> Let me know if there's an interest and I'll post a list. I sure would >> like to get them out of this book clogged room. >> >> I also have a box of mostly lighthearted books with graphics that I >> don't feel equal to the task of describing. if There's an interest in >> those, > >> I'll post that list, >> too. I just don't want to overwhelm anyone with more scanning than > they >> have time for, something I've accidentally done before. >> >> Keep up the good work, all of you. I remain glad to be in your >> company. >> >> Always with love, >> >> Lissi >> >> Always with love, >> >> Lissi >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "misha" <mishatronics@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Saturday, June 02, 2012 11:07 PM >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks >> >> >>> Those sneaky French. According to this web page >>> >>> http://french.lovetoknow.com/French_Accent_Marks >>> >>> They do have umlauts (though usually called trema when it is used in >>> French words). I say sneaky because, I always thought naive used an >>> acute accent, but the table on the web page clearly uses naive as an >>> example of umlaut accent and it clearly fits the case of pronouncing > each >>> vowel separately. I still think in most American books an acute > accent >>> is almost always used for naive when it occurs in an English > sentence. >>> Now if it's in a French quote, I guess it better be the trema or the >>> gendarmes will be on the way. >>> >>> I can't help much with how to produce it, though. In MS Word under >>> insert there is a symbols item which brings up a table of all kinds > of >>> different characters, but it's hard enough for me to find what I >>> want > in >>> there (which is why I don't have any of them is this email), much > less >>> how a blind person would. >>> >>> Misha >>> >>> On 6/2/2012 6:25 PM, Kim Friedman wrote: >>>> Hi, Cindy I think it's another word for that umlaut-like mark. I >>>> found the word on a site where it was talking about French accent >>>> marks > (they >>>> do seem to have a lot of them). Regards, Kim. -----Original >>>> Message----- >>>> *From:* bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Cindy >>>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 02, 2012 4:02 PM >>>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks >>>> >>>> I'm curious. What is traemma? >>>> (the answer to your question, though, is umlaut.smile >>>> >>>> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -- >>>> *From:* Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 2, 2012 6:16 AM >>>> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks >>>> >>>> Hi, Ali, what sort of accent mark is alt 0237? Is it that I >>>> umlaut or >>>> traemma I want? Please write back and let me know. Regards, Kim >>>> Friedman. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] On Behalf Of Ali >>>> Al-hajamy >>>> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2012 10:11 PM >>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Accent marks >>>> >>>> >>>> If your computer has a number pad, make sure numlock is turned > on. >>>> Hold >>>> down the alt key, and press the following numbers: 0237. >>>> See also: >>>> http://usefulshortcuts.com/alt-codes/accents-alt-codes.php >>>> >>>> On 02-Jun-12 01:01, Kim Friedman wrote: >>>> > How does one make the accent mark on the computer for the I >>>> in > the >>>> > word naive? I know how it's done for literary Braille, but I >>>> have no >>>> > idea how it's supposed to be printed. I could sure use help > with >>>> this. >>>> >>>> > Regards, Kim Friedman. >>>> > >>>> > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>>> > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To >>>> get a >>>> > list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in > the >>>> > subject line. >>>> > >>>> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>>> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To > get >>>> a list >>>> of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the > subject >>>> line. >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >>>> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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