[bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
- From: "Andy B." <sonfire11@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 20:36:00 -0400
Yup. No kidding. Enough to make anybody run away.
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Wow, that's a lot.
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> Fine reader 10 works with JAWS as far as I know of, but it's $400.
>
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> Robinson
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 7:31 PM
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>
> Replying to myself.
> Dan, what is fine reader? Did it come with the scanner you bought? I'd
> like
> a way to scan things for personal use but cannot aford a program
> like Kurzwiel 1000 or open book.
> Does this fine reader software work with jaws?
> Also, my laptop only has 1 gb of ram and a small harddrive (60 gb I think)
> could I get a scanning sollution for this setup?
> I'm running jaws 11.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Stacey Robinson" <staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 6:25 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
>
>
>> Dan,
>> I don't always do well reading manuals, (don't always comprehend
>> everything) can you giv me tips (off list if you want) on
>> proofreading with jfw 11 and ms word 03? Any help is appreciated.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 5:02 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
>>
>>
>>> Team,
>>>
>>> What a remarkable group this is! The latest bio I have recieved is
>>> from Dan Beaver below.
>>>
>>> Scott Rains
>>> Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
>>> ________________________________________
>>>
>>>
>>> I have been a volunteer for Bookshare for several years. I first
>>> purchased a membership because of needing some of the technical
>>> books that Bookshare offered. After approximately a year I decided
>>> to give back to the community by helping to add more books to the
>>> collection.
>>>
>>> I purchased a very plain and normal Epson flatbed scanner for the
>>> work. It and the Fine Reader software I purchased have served me
>>> very well in doing the scanning.
>>>
>>> I am blind and have been so since the age of eight years. I use
>>> Jaws and NVDA as my screen readers. I do my Bookshare work in MS
>>> Office for the most part.
>>>
>>> I feel very fortunate to have been the first blind individual to
>>> have worked my way through the BS in computer Science degree program
>>> at Utah State University. That struggle prepared me very well for
>>> facing challenges through out my career. I graduated and gained
>>> employment with
>
>>> IBM and was an IBMer for 30 years. My years at IBM helped me learn
>>> and develop skills that have served me well in the scanning and
>>> validating effort. Being detail oriented is important in this
>>> endeavor.
>>>
>>> Over the years I have validated many books and have submitted a
>>> large number of books which I scanned. My wife has scanned books
>>> and asked me to submit them. She prefers to work behind the scenes.
>>>
>>> One of the largest group of books we submitted that are now in the
>>> collection are the Boy Scout Merit badge booklets that teach the
>>> skills necessary for achieving the rank of Eagle in the scouting
>>> program. this was done in order to support a young man we are very
>>> close to in his efforts to earn his Eagle. It was fun working along
>>> side other volunteers in our community who helped with this project.
>>> It was also fun helping those volunteers to proof read the scanned
>>> booklets and to do
>
>>> the cleanup.
>>>
>>> When the project was complete we had spent 514 hours and 22 minutes
>>> scanning, cleaning and submitting those books to Bookshare. My wife
>>> put in over 200 hours herself on the project.
>>>
>>> Unfortunately I lost my job and have had to focus intently on
>>> finding a new job. This has made it nearly impossible for me to
>>> spend time scanning and proofreading over the past 15 months. I
>>> hope very soon to jump back into the game and complete my personal
>>> project of submitting the rest of the "Work and the Glory" series.
>>> That in itself will take me
>
>>> several months because the books are very large. I also am planning
>>> to do the "Kingdom and the Crown" series.
>>>
>>> Some other books we have submitted include murder mysteries by Anne
>>> Perry. those were very challenging with all the Victorian era
>>> English dialect involved.
>>>
>>> We also submitted several books by Steven R. Lawhead. Three of
>>> those were his version of the Robin Hood story. Very different than
>>> your generally accepted story of Robin Hood.
>>>
>>> I agree with the comments of at least one other volunteer. they
>>> said that validating or else scanning and doing the initial cleanup
>>> of a book helps to learn more from that book than at any other time.
>>> Indeed, I have learned more from the books I have validated and
>>> submitted and have grown more threw that process.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Bookshare for making this opportunity available to all of us
>>> out here. A precious thing is more valuable when it is held by its
>>> makers.
>>>
>>> Dan Beaver
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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