[bksvol-discuss] Re: Chela, don't feel pressured, please
- From: "Chela Robles" <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 09:19:46 -0700
Ok, I'm still alive and breathin' hahaha, yeah amen to the validating
being easier than scanning, this is my first major book, I've always
wanted to read and now that I've got it, I thought I'd add it to the
list, but this is no kids' book that I've done, which is why it is not
as easy as Jumanji and Zathura.
On 5/29/08, Devorah Greenstein <DGreenstein@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Chela, I'm sorry and I didn't mean to put pressure on you. Whenever you
> finish, if you decide you want someone to describe photos, let me know,
> please. No pressure intended.
> Validating sounds so much easier than scanning. Yikes.
>
> Devorah
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Chela Robles
> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 9:34 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Kind of Blue
>
> Ok I'm feeling pressure already, just started the scan last night,
> went to bed, sstarted it back up again, ran into some optimization
> problems, had to restart my PC for some odd reason, so guess what
> folks, can't garantee it will be done in 10 days, unless I skip meals
> and no sleep aloud, and GC, I wouldn't be so sure that the captions
> would scan correctly with the photos situated wherever they're
> situated. So now I have to redo the scan from page one, and the covers
> don't scan properly either because of the design work. NOTE TO E.E.:
> Is the following optimization great for any book, that is probably 6
> inches thick and is paperback?
> Thresholding: static, optimized, scanner brightness 69, minimum
> brightness 20, maximum brightness 80, resolution 300, speckle removal
> disabled optimized, text quality draft quality.matrix, and the
> selected recognition engine is fine reader engine 8.0.
> What do you suggest? I'm kind of lost.
>
> On 5/28/08, Devorah Greenstein <DGreenstein@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Just in case I'll be the one describing pictures in "Kind of Blue",
> I'm
>> ordering it from the Orlando library so it will be waiting for me when
> I
>> arrive in Orlando. The Orlando Public Library delivers books to
> people's
>> residences. They prefer it to people checking books out in person in
> the
>> library. I don't know, but it is a lovely service.
>>
>> devorah
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grandma
> Cindy
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:49 PM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Kind of Blue
>>
>> I think probably Judy or Marilyn or Devorah can do a better job of
>> describing the photos for you, E. I'm never very pleased with mine;
>> they're too detailed sometimes, and lately probably too skimpy.
>>
>> But Chela, are the photos necessary? I'm guessing they're photos of
>> people, like the Ray Charles book I did, and the captions are probably
>> all that's necessary.
>>
>> G.Cindy
>>
>> ***WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE
> COLLECTION)IS
>> AVAILABLE AT
>> http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm
>> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
>> http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
>>
>> A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT
>> http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/scanning.html
>>
>> Jake's site for useful links: http://www.jbrownell.com/bkslinks.html
>>
>>
>> --- On Wed, 5/28/08, E. <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> From: E. <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Kind of Blue
>>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Date: Wednesday, May 28, 2008, 12:08 PM
>>> I will work with Cindy who can get the book and help
>>> describe the photos.
>>>
>>> I have done that before with other books.
>>>
>>> books over the internet. They will list names of books,
>>> authors
>>> copyright and so on.
>>>
>>>
>>> Certainly the index can be fixed up. Again, there are
>>> sighted people
>>> on the volunteer list who help us blind validators with
>>> some of the
>>> tricky bits.
>>>
>>> E.
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