Hi Katherine,
At this time Bookshare scanners cannot submit books with images due to both
size and the additional need of image blocking for the images to stay in the
correct place after OCRing and uploading the files.
Best,
Madeleine
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Katherine Petersen
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 12:40 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Project I'd like to do but will need sighted help/The
Marvels by brian Selznick
Hi Everyone,
There's a book I'd like to scan, but I'd need some help. I've included a link
below to a review of it in the New York Times. It's a combination of two
storylines, one in prose and one in pictures. I can scan the text part, but if
we did it right, we should also both include the pictures for those who can see
them and descriptions for those who can't.
I have a library copy and can scan the text portion, and I'm willing to buy a
used copy of the hardcover off Amazon and send it to someone if they can help
scan the pictures and put in descriptions or scan the pictures and we can share
the book if someone else wants to describe pictures.
Anyway, it got great reviews, and it looks like a fun book. Normally, I think
we'd get it from Scholastic, but for some reason we haven't, and it's probably
because it's half pictures.
Anyone game to work with me on this?
--Katherine
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/13/books/review/the-marvels-by-brian-selznick.html?_r=0