[bksvol-discuss] Newbie needs help
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 18:54:51 -0700 (PDT)
I received this from Amy, a new member and volunteer.
I replied and explained to her that validating is
really proofreading, and what list Scott meant when he
referred to taking books from the bottom of the list.
The rest of her questions are too technical for me to
answer, so I hope some of you will.
Hopefully she'll read these posts.
Cindy
--- Amy Goldring Tajalli
<agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: "Amy Goldring Tajalli"
> <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> I don't know where you want to put this but I am new
> to volunteerng and I got into the idea of scanning
> because I have a number of books with print too
> small for me to read so I want to scan them into my
> computer and I have a dell printer, scanner, fax,
> doo everything but brush your teeth machine. I know
> how to scan material but I don't know how to set up
> a file in which to put the pages and which I could
> add pages as I scanned them. The first book is
> almost 1200 pages and the second is 850. Can I do
> this with Word Perfect Mode of Microsoft Word Mode
> or Word Pad ? All the programs I see in all the
> Volunteering information cost large amounts of money
> for both software and hardware. I have very little
> money so if it cannot be done with what I have I
> cannot do it. I plan to call dell helpline in the
> wee small hours tonight which is when I get the best
> help from their techs (mostly Canadian though I am
> not prejudice).
>
> I know this is long compared to the mail I have
> received but I don't know computer speak. I taught
> English, mainly Freshman comp and only got a
> computer after I retired.
>
> What is "validating" a book? I know how to proof
> read but beyond that I am lost. I cannot even get
> VRS to work with my computer. I can download all
> the books in the word with Daisy but not only can I
> not hear the narrator - except the one in my
> Accessories - but after the initial download I
> cannot read the books as each time I open one VRS
> says it has to close and neither Bookshare not
> Humanware nor Dell can fix the problem. So I use
> html primarily and Adobe when I can and Microsoft
> when I when Adobe is not available.
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