[bksvol-discuss] Donating credits
- From: Madeleine Linares <Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2012 17:38:50 +0000
Hi everyone,
Cindy is correct-please contact me directly if you have credits that you want
to donate or if you need credits. I don't keep a bank exactly, but I do keep a
list of who is willing to donate. When someone needs credits, I'll contact
those who offered to donate directly and let them know I'll be donating their
credits. I do have a note in the newsletter to contact me with any credit
donation requests or needs too!
Laura-thank you! I have your info saved in my "willing to donate" file and I'm
sure someone will be so grateful!
Best,
Madeleine
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2012 12:21 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Plan for More Work (was Acdcent Marks)
Laura, Contact
Madeleine--Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx<http://us.mg3.mail.yahoo.com/yab-fe/mu/MainView?.src=neo&themeName=green&stab=1338750672937>.
She maintains a sort bank of credits and gives them to people who needs them
for renewal or initial membership. She recently posted that this is the best
way to donate credits. smile. Then people who need them can contact her. I
suggested to to her that this method be put in the next newsletter so people
who need credits for those reasons, as well as willing donors, know what to do.
________________________________
From: Laura Shannon <brighteyes324@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:brighteyes324@xxxxxxxxx>>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, June 3, 2012 10:50 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Plan for More Work (was Acdcent Marks)
I will proof any fiction but mysteries/detective stuff. I read every single
word of every book I proof. This is the only way I know to be certain to catch
all the scanno errors. I can't imagine trying to proof without reading every
word.
As I am not a "member" having no sight disability, I would feel odd suggesting
books to add to the library. What interests me might not interest actual
members. (speaking of this....are there any members who need credits? I would
be happy to contact whoever I need to transfer mine to you).
Laura
On Sun, Jun 3, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Ixchel, Jackie
<starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:starsandhearts2@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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<mailto: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>
> [mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto:airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto: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<mailto:mishatronics@xxxxxxxxx>>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto: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>
>>>> [mailto: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<mailto: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<mailto:kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>>> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto: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:
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>>>>
>>>> <mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
>>>>
>>>> [mailto: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>
>>>> <mailto: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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