[bksvol-discuss] Re: Introductions
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 00:39:05 -0800
Those of us who are sighted do use print books to compare scans when we
proof; I'm not sure what blind volunteers do .
Feel free to ask as many questions as you want. That's what we're here for.
To make your experience as easy and pleasurable as possible.
On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 12:30 AM, Sensation Experience Official <
sensationexperience.official@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi there,
> So, first of all, a proofer who is unable to fix too many scannos will
> reject the book. Does Book Share ever get books directly from the author
> and or publisher if there is high demand for that given book? I will say
> this from previous experience. When I was scanning with my T.V.I, I would
> usually be able to enjoy reading the book I was not able to find on
> Bookshare or anywhere else like BARD or Learning Ally, but that would mean
> only I would get to enjoy it and I would not be able to share my enthusiasm
> with the Bookshare community.
> Also, I love using Bookshare a lot because it uses text-based reading,
> which BARD only provides in Braille, and everything else is audio-based.
> Think about the time you read an audio file and you found a word you didn't
> know how to spell. In audio, you wouldn't be able to figure it out except
> maybe by using phonetics. In text, it's way, way different and it's so much
> more easier to do.
> Anyhow, I'll submit my first scan some time this week after I fix what I
> can.
> Also, why does Bookshare have two scanning quality options if the scanned
> file may have more than two errors? Do proofers usually have a hard copy or
> electronic e Pub of the book to compare the print with the scanned file?
> I guess I have a lot of questions, and more keep coming up as I write.
> Warm regards,
> -Al
>
> On 1/14/2014 7:41 PM, Cindy Rosenthal wrote:
>
> Excellent! On 2 counts. Scanners are not required to pre-proof but it is
> much appreciated and makes the proofer's job go more quickly, and if the
> submitted book has too many errors (not just a few minor scannos (aka
> misprinted words) the proofer will reject it. But also excellent because
> there are many more proofers than there are scanners and sometimes there
> are not enough books available to be proofread. (Some of us are physically
> unable to scan, much as we'd like to
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 4:31 PM, Sensation Experience Official <
> sensationexperience.official@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> I am able to scan. I am actually proofing a book before I submit it, and
>> yes, I already know scanners are not expected to proof before they submit,
>> but I'd like to try it and see what I can fix for my first attempt.
>> On 1/14/2014 3:30 PM, Cindy Rosenthal wrote:
>>
>> a heartfelt Welcome, Al. Are you only interested in proofing, or are you
>> also able to scan?
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Sensation Experience Official <
>> sensationexperience.official@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>> My name is Al (sometimes I can be seen as Ulysses), and I recently
>>> joined Bookshare Volunteering, although I have done some work in the past
>>> with a teacher of the visually impaired until I graduated from high school
>>> two years ago.
>>> I have a blog at http://sensationexperience.wordpress.com/
>>> I look forward to helping improve books as far as accessibility is
>>> concerned. I once asked, can blind volunteers join, and I received an
>>> answer saying that indeed they can, and that there are several ways to
>>> proofread using accessible technology.
>>> I use Non-Visual Desktop Access with Docu Scan Plus along with a demo
>>> version of Microsoft Word 2007 on a Windows Seven Home Premium Mac Book Pro
>>> using Boot Camp.
>>> Again, thanks for letting me be a part of the Bookshare volunteering
>>> community.
>>> Best,
>>> -Al
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>>
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