[bksvol-discuss] Re: Planning to Scan
- From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2008 12:46:04 -0700
Hi Jill,
I don't know the answer to your question for sure. However, I'd bet
that the number of people who can and do use the text visually is far
greater among the Bookshare patronage than those who have no use for it.
Just my guess though.
Mayrie
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jill O'Connell
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 9:20 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Planning to Scan
Thank you for your response. I saved your scanning tips email from a while
back and plan to see exactly what you do. Has Bookshare ever given us
statistics on how many people have subscriptions who don't either use
braille or screen readers? In other words, how many users are there where
this font issue is important? Jill
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From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2008 3:01 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Planning to Scan
> Hi Jill,
>
> The only reason this book's fonts are a problem is because they are
> different enough that when one scans cleanly, the other scans with many
> errors. One font is a standard font. The other looks like the font
> created
> by using a very old typewriter. This second font requires using the
> setting
> to recognized degraded text, while the first font is "normal" text. This
> is
> not a common occurrence in books, as far as I've seen.
>
> I do regulate the font within each book that I scan, as far as
> making it all the same size. I do this, because in most cases, scanned
> books are full of many sizes of fonts. This makes for very difficult
> reading among folks who use their eyes to read at all, which is everyone
> using bookshare except we totally blind folks. Since it takes only 30
> seconds, tops, to do, I'm happy to make everyone have a less difficult
> reading experience. But that is just my feeling on the subject.
>
> Hope I answered your question sufficiently.
>
> Mayrie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jill O'Connell
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 10:15 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Planning to Scan
>
> Mary, I scan with Kurzweil and I don't concern myself with fonts. If it is
> reading correctly, I assume the scan is okay. Am I missing something
> important here?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 9:06 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Planning to Scan
>
>
>> Hi Christina,
>>
>> Thought I'd warn you. "The Art of Detection" by Laurie R. King is a
>> book I started to work on and kind of bailed on. It is written in two
>> separate fonts. So, just when you think you've got your scanner settings
>> set right, the font will change, and you'll need to readjust. It isn't
>> unmanageable, if you scan and read a few pages at a time as you scan.
>> You'll end up, probably, with two sets of scanning settings that will
>> work
>> and have to switch between them. I just wasn't patient enough to do the
>> work. Just thought I'd tell you what you can expect with that one, so
>> that
>> you can be prepared for the kind of work it will take.
>>
>> I really like that series of books, so will be thrilled and pay
>> homage to your patience once that one is in the collection! Thanks for
>> taking on a bear of a book! You're awesome!
>>
>> Mayrie
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Christina
>> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:30 PM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Planning to Scan
>>
>> Hello, everyone. I have some very good friends who are letting me borrow
>> some of their books to scan and add to Bookshare. I plan to scan the
>> following:
>> Guardians of the West by David Eddings
>> Player of Games by Iain Banks
>> The Tides of Time by John Brunner
>> Passage by Lois McMaster Bujold
>> The Art of Detection by Laurie R. King
>> The Jack Vance Treasury by Jack Vance
>> Night's Daughter by Tanith Lee
>> A Dirty Job by Christopher
>> Dragon Prince by Melanie Rawn.
>>
>> It's obviously going to take me a while to get through all of these so if
>> any of you want to validate any of these or want to read any of them
>> right
>> away, please let me know and I'll do those first.
>> Thanks.
>> Christina
>>
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