[bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
- From: "Dan Beaver" <dbeaver888@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:38:58 -0400
Stacy,
It is a setting in MS Office not Jaws. It has been quite a while since I
did it. You will need to go to tools then optins. In there you will find
several checkboxes that will cause specific things to be shown in a way that
Jaws can see them.
See if you cdan find them and let me know if you need further help.
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From: "Stacey Robinson" <staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 8:35 PM
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
Dan,
How do I set jaws to show page bbrakes?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan Beaver" <dbeaver888@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 6:49 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
> Hi Stacy,
>
> Yes, FineReader does work with Jaws. I am still on Jaws 10.
>
> FineReader is an OCR package. My scanner did come with a promo version.
> I
> purchased a newer full version though. I am using FineReader 9. I
> purchased v 9 because it supports scanning of multiple pages in the same
> session and also supports scanning pages that face each other and will
> split
> them out as separate pages automatically. These 2 features speed the
> scanning process tremendously.
>
> I would say that you probably can use your system with Jaws and Finereader
> and MS Office. However, with only 1 GB of ram you may find it runs quite
> slowly. If you can find the spare money you might want to add another gb.
>
> When I use MS Office and do my cleaning/proofing I find it necessary to
> have
> the settings such that I can see many control codes in the documents with
> Jaws. I am thinking of page breaks, paragraph markers, linefeeds, column
> markers,section breaks. You will not want to turn on display of
> non-printable characters. this makes Jaws see a dot/period for every
> space
> and lots of other non-printable characters. It becomes very much
> confusing
> in this situation.
>
> I hope this is helpful. If you have other questions just send a note and
> I'll respond.
>
>
>
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> From: "Stacey Robinson" <staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 7:31 PM
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dan Beaver's Volunteer Bio
>
> 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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