[bksvol-discuss] Re: A Plan for More Work (was Acdcent Marks)
- From: "Ixchel, Jackie" <starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 3 Jun 2012 18:43:35 -0400
Hi,
Oh, really, I must have forgotten. I'm sorry. Thank you for reminding
me. I'm really really sorry.
Jackie
On 6/3/12, Sue Stevens <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Jackie,
>
> You have a few holds for on the checkout list. Did you forget about them?
>
> Sue S.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ixchel, Jackie
> Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 12:46 PM
> 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.
>>>>> >
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